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2004-08-12 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-08-12 6:26:31 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I really want to know the nationalities and numbers of the captured. I cannot help feeling that there is a sh*tload of Iranians in the perloo.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-12 7:21:11 PM|| 2004-08-12 7:21:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Wasn't he supposed to only have around 3,000? Figure around 500 dead and wounded (conservatively), and that counts for more than half his "forces".

And, honestly, I'd bet the Taters saw more than 500 dead and wounded.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-08-12 7:24:09 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-08-12 7:24:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 As long as the border with Iran remains porous, the Mehdi Army will be like a clown car from which emerges an endless stream of soldiers all of whom speak with Iranian accents.

Posted by RWV 2004-08-12 8:44:26 PM|| 2004-08-12 8:44:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Just amazing how this flypaper works. These clowns are no brighter than houseflies?

Posted by john 2004-08-12 9:03:47 PM|| 2004-08-12 9:03:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it's time to start pumping some cyanide into this "holy place". You have to do things like that now and then to fumigate for rats and other vermin. Once everything's taken care of, bring in a few hundred Iraqis in full chemical gear to go over the mosque with a fine-tooth comb, clean it completely with soap and water, and open it back up, vermin-free. I'm sure that if we looked hard enough, we could find enough cyanide (and other anti-vermin chemicals) in Iraq...

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-08-12 9:06:43 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-08-12 9:06:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 CO is good enough - carbon monoxide.

Its not completely fatal either and its not "poison gas".

Posted by Oldspook 2004-08-12 10:08:27 PM|| 2004-08-12 10:08:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Re:#3
_____Witty and accurate. BTW, we have a similar game of "Clown Car" performed daily here on the Mexican border...Border Patrol vs. Illegal Immigrants...

Posted by borgboy 2004-08-12 10:16:59 PM|| 2004-08-12 10:16:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I think a week ago it was reported 1200 Sadr types were captured/arrested. Is this the same 1200 or an additional 1200?

Posted by AWW 2004-08-12 10:28:30 PM|| 2004-08-12 10:28:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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