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| Wolfowitz in Baghdad on mystery visit |
| 2003-07-18 |
| US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, a top Pentagon architect of the US-led war on Iraq, is in Baghdad on an unannounced visit. Hummm. Mr Wolfowitz and US civil administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer flew by helicopter to the Abu Gharib prison, a symbol of the horrors of Saddam’s regime, just west of Baghdad. Find something, or just paying a visit? Other details of his trip are being kept tightly under wraps. Mr Wolfowitz is a powerful deputy to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who visited Iraq in April, and seen as one of the most hawkish figures in the Bush administration’s Iraq policy. He has said that US forces would remain in Iraq as long as needed, but not one day longer. Could be just press speculation. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #14 AHHHH! MY EYES! I'M BLIND! |
| Posted by: Watcher 2003-7-18 10:51:08 PM |
| #13 Carl in NH: That link worked and all I can say is EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Tom Petty in drag was a good call. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-18 10:39:16 PM |
| #12 Maybe they found the remains of that pilot from Gulf I... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-18 3:42:14 PM |
| #11 Medea's there to insure that Vulfovitz's (official BBC-EU pronunciation) EEEEEVIIIIILLLLLLL STRAUSSSSSSIIAAAAAAAN JOOOOOOOO VOOOOODOOOOOOOOO doesn't unduly disturb the Nazi-inspired Baathist thugs she loves so much. /Swift |
| Posted by: Ernest Brown 2003-7-18 2:07:50 PM |
| #10 Maybe he's trying to confirm for Rummy that that there are still whascally I-wackis resisting us? |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-7-18 1:45:50 PM |
| #9 d'oh ! Try this: Medea photo link that works And if THAT doesn't work, think "Tom Petty in drag". Yeah, I'm sorry for the mental image, believe me...try the gin, I hear it helps.... |
| Posted by: Carl in NH 2003-7-18 1:01:56 PM |
| #8 I'm betting they have Sammy and his boys there. Bush sends all his buddies to go in and sock'em right in the b*ll sack once or twice. Then they get on the first thing smoking back to the good old US. -Sigh- Finally, my tax dollars put to good use. |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-7-18 12:36:18 PM |
| #7 Carl in NH: The link doesn't work. From the comments, that's probably a good thing. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-18 12:35:05 PM |
| #6 There's more than one way to fillet a brother: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1928/mdeah.htm M'deah by Grippy and Cormo dramatis personae: M'deah: late twenties, Black South African, recent PhD and graduate student from Witwatersrand University in biochemistry. Wears some Zulu jewelry of copper and cowry shells. Jason: mid-thirties, white American anthropology assistant professor, husband to M'deah Ron: sixtyish, white anthropology department chair, mentor of Jason Criss: late twenties, white daughter of Ron, psychology assistant professor at same university, president of her local MENSA society. Eema: 70's, M'deah's grandmother, dresses in Zulu tribal costume with many cowry shells. Brigitte: fifties, white biochemistry department chair at Sorbonne |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-18 12:24:34 PM |
| #5 Carl >> Hey Carl, I've heard that tu3031 and PD have been known to like their gin. |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-7-18 12:24:21 PM |
| #4 Medea is not an especially auspicious name for a hippie: Medea’s father, Aeetes, did not want her to leave Colchis. Medea escaped in the night to go with her husband, Jason on the Argo. Her brother, Absyrtus, came after them. According to the religion of Medea’s father, it was essential to bury the bodies of the dead whole. To delay her father from following them and bringing her back, Medea killed her brother and chopped his body into pieces that she threw overboard, so her father would have to retrieve them. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-7-18 11:54:22 AM |
| #3 "and hippie chicks can be so hot!" Uh, not this time, tu.... Medea Benjamin photo |
| Posted by: Carl in NH 2003-7-18 11:36:53 AM |
| #2 tu3031 - yeah, like Catholic Girls Gone Bad... Yummm. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-18 11:23:03 AM |
| #1 Think he'll meet with Medea? I'm sure he'd value her input... and hippie chicks can be so hot! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-18 10:32:57 AM |