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Jeff-Hulk-Hemp
Post Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:00 pm

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gangs01.html

May 1, 2006

BY FRANK MAIN Crime Reporter
The Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings and Vice Lords were born decades ago in Chicago's most violent neighborhoods. Now, their gang graffiti is showing up 6,400 miles away in one of the world's most dangerous neighborhoods -- Iraq.

Armored vehicles, concrete barricades and bathroom walls all have served as canvasses for their spray-painted gang art. At Camp Cedar II, about 185 miles southeast of Baghdad, a guard shack was recently defaced with "GDN" for Gangster Disciple Nation, along with the gang's six-pointed star and the word "Chitown," a soldier who photographed it said.
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