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Iraq-Jordan
Falluja raid 'hits wedding party'
2004-10-08
Posted by:tipper

#19  #14 Add "baby milk factory" to the list. Actually might be a great idea being able to program JDAM's by categories. Note to myself. Need to work on this.
Posted by: John (Q. Citizen)   2004-10-08 5:25:05 PM  

#18  EGAD!

They had a BABY MILK PLANT in the rear of the building!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-08 5:24:39 PM  

#17  I wonder what poor, underknown, brave bastard did the tap on FTD WorldWide.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-10-08 5:22:21 PM  

#16  Or the meeting was deliberately using the wedding for cover.

They know they have spies among them, that's been real obvious for a while now. Lots of people in town don't like them at all, and tell tales about their whereabouts.

A cynical terrorist nastermind might use a wedding party to try and intimidate both the spies and the military.
Posted by: mojo   2004-10-08 5:18:38 PM  

#15  Were they handing out baby ducks and kittens at the wedding too?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-10-08 3:55:34 PM  

#14  The only explanation I can think of is that instead of GPS coordinates our JDAM's have category settings:

Wedding
Baby Ducks
School
Hospital
Journalists
etc.
Posted by: Matt   2004-10-08 3:55:22 PM  

#13  These folks must be getting married all the time. Do they get married more than once in the culture? When do they have time to be terrorists.
Posted by: John (Q. Citizen)   2004-10-08 3:30:00 PM  

#12  So?

If they could not find a more suitable place for a wedding it's best they did not live long enough to breed.

My question is did the bloody bomb hit it's target? If not, why not? As a tax payer this is a matter of concern to me.
Posted by: Michael   2004-10-08 3:29:59 PM  

#11  Just because they were getting married does not mean they were innocent. Terrorists get married too. If Hitler's wedding was bombed would that be a good thing, or a bad thing?
Posted by: RJ Schwarz   2004-10-08 2:53:36 PM  

#10  Sounds "fake, but accurate" to me.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2004-10-08 1:58:47 PM  

#9  If the bride gets smoked in the name of Allah at the wedding does she get 72 virgins?
Posted by: John (Q. Citizen)   2004-10-08 1:40:09 PM  

#8  WEDDING PARTY?

Here comes the bride
Burka head to toe
Paradise bound
husband nowhere around

Greener pastures
Osama promised him
72 to 1 is an easy choice to make...
Posted by: Oge_Retla_2004   2004-10-08 1:31:53 PM  

#7  Better than Fed Ex. Sometimes you don't have to wait until overnight Sgt. Mom.
Posted by: John (Q. Citizen)   2004-10-08 1:19:41 PM  

#6  USAF... When it absolutely, positively has to be demolished overnight!
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2004-10-08 1:10:36 PM  

#5  *shrug*

Even if it really was a wedding party, I don't care. Civilized people do not celebrate by shooting up the fricking neighborhood.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-10-08 12:59:15 PM  

#4  Yep Barbara pretty lame, but then they new the media would run with it anyway. It's no longer about news - it's just anything they can throw at Bush will do. Truth? Hey, can't bother with that, there's an election to influence.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-10-08 12:21:27 PM  

#3  I don't know. Maybe they just get married a lot in Iraq.
Posted by: Bryan   2004-10-08 12:18:54 PM  

#2  What, again?

These clowns need to get a new lie; this one is getting old.

And laughable.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-10-08 12:16:18 PM  

#1  So nice of us to have a 500lb laser-guided "gift" for the wedding ready and delivering it promptly via the USAF courier service. Customer service second to none!
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-10-08 12:13:38 PM  

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