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Urban Outfitters Terror Scarf - Now with Nazi Imagery

Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 7:59:05 am

Urban Outfitters continues to sell the Palestinian kaffiyeh, symbol of the intifada and decades of violence and terrorism, now calling it a Skull Desert Scarf. Just the thing for stylish urban guerillas who need protection from the fierce sandstorms of Manhattan.

And their trendy little skull image is a direct knock-off of the Nazi SS skull insignia:

UPDATE at 2/12/07 8:20:00 am:

And here’s another version of the kaffiyeh at Urban Outfitters, this time called a Shemagh Scarf.

UPDATE at 2/12/07 11:31:27 am:

Nazi SS skull imagery has also popped up at Walmart. The Consumerist has covered this one extensively: Walmart Sells Nazi Skull Tshirt.

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