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2004-12-11 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2004-12-11 12:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if the ICRTC is starting to get the message. They don't dictate anything to us. If they get uppity we just cut off there access. The "leaking" of reports indetified as theirs and there sheilding of terrorists is over.

Screw the Red Cross.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-11 2:45:17 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-11 2:45:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 How long did it take for the greatest generation to rebuild the cities of Europe after a major fight? Particularly those on unfriendly ground. Berlin wasn't rebuilt in a day.

Posted by Don 2004-12-11 10:10:05 AM|| 2004-12-11 10:10:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they sure there wasn't sewage in the streets before the assault?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-12-11 11:34:40 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-12-11 11:34:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn RC. You beat me to it.

On the other hand these were Saddam's 'favorites' so they probably had better then most.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-12-11 11:45:07 AM|| 2004-12-11 11:45:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 As with Rick and Louie at the end of "Casablanca" this could be the start of something good.

We can go from city to city routing the bad guys and then say: "Hey ICRTC, looks something's broken over HERE too!"

How long before they get tired of playing the game and retreat to Switzerland?

Posted by Justrand 2004-12-11 12:15:30 PM|| 2004-12-11 12:15:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The thing that amazes me is how all these ME places with huge amounts of wealth do not spend some on water and sewer. Densely populated places are living petri dishes for disease.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-12-11 1:52:52 PM|| 2004-12-11 1:52:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 What are you saying, AP? We all saw the pictures of Saddam Hussein's gold toilets. Obviously they must do something with their sewage! /end foolishness ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-11 2:12:46 PM|| 2004-12-11 2:12:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Trailing wife---you have stumbled on one of the great questions I have been pondering:

In all of Saddam's many palaces with gold plated toilet fixtures, what was the other end connected to? Did they have a sewage disposal system (septic tank and drainfield, extended aeration plant) or was it the open end of a pipe draining on the ground or into a river? Curious to know how far the wealth went.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-12-11 5:58:04 PM|| 2004-12-11 5:58:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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