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| CTV: Najaf mosque reportedly hit as standoff goes on | |
| 2004-08-23 | |
| via CTV's Master of Moonbats, Lloyd Robertson Sun. Aug. 22 2004 11:47 PM ET Reports from Iraq say U.S. forces have hit part of a holy Shiite shrine in Najaf where rebels have been locked in a two-week standoff with U.S.-led forces. Ah, the unattributed report from Iraq. And the assumption that the fire was from US forces, known to spray fire randomly in all directions. It's something everybody knows, but Lloyd leaves no doubt unchurned
Ah, Rooters. And now it's a Senior Commander of Shi'ite militants. Okay, everyone, pull out your handy-dandy Shi'ite militant Chain of Command... Sheikh Ahmed al-Sheibani, who is also a top adviser to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, said it was hit during fighting. Second sourcing, I'm sold! | |
| Posted by:.com |
| #8 OP - And they would assume you mean the Arab version of an ultimatum -- which is much like the Saudi version of "surrounding" the bad guys. It'd go right over their pointy little heads. Of course, I do get it. We'd have to do that because our code of honor demands it, but they'd still be stunned beyond belief when it happened, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-23 11:02:08 PM |
| #7 Issue the following ultimatum: "We've tried to play nice. We've tried to do this while trying to keep your nice fancy building from getting any more scratches in it. You don't want to play nice, you want to hide behind things. We're tired. You're costing us time, money, sleep, and a nice trip to Disneyland. We're going to give you one more chance. Lay your weapons down, come out with your empty hands over your heads one at a time, and surrender yourselves to us. Otherwise, we're going to dump 100,000 pounds of liquid pig grease on your nice fancy shrine, and set it afire. With you in it, if you're still there. We will continue to dump, lob, and pump pig grease on your shrine until there's nothing left. You have thirty minutes." |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-08-23 10:57:17 PM |
| #6 "Tear the whole mosque down and put up a flippin walmart" put up a salt factory, a Kosher salt factory |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-23 10:17:54 PM |
| #5 Tear the whole mosque down and put up a flippin walmart. -says the sarcastic side of me. |
| Posted by: JackassFestival 2004-08-23 9:51:44 PM |
| #4 Zenster, that's not just any mission, its the Holy US Mission. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6151 2004-08-23 11:47:05 AM |
| #3 You're not trying, guys. Pull back a couple of blocks and send in the warthogs. I'm interested in a little experiment - can a 1300-year-old "shrine" be completely obliterated by lots of high-velocity 1-lb DU slugs? And don't forget the foo gas... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-23 2:12:43 AM |
| #2 Al-Sadr fighters mortared a police station ... What! No mention of the US Mission? Whudda slacker! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-23 2:05:26 AM |
| #1 Well folks, there you have it. The votes are all in and the winner of the Bullshit Ballet Award goes to..........[drum roll]......... The an Najaf Shrine Negotiation Show! [golf clap, all they get] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-23 1:47:38 AM |