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2005-08-21 Iraq-Jordan

Soldier Dies in Roadside Bomb Explosion; Terrorists Killed in Firefight

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Posted by Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World 2005-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Can someone define fuel pod for me in this context? Thanks!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-21 00:21|| 2005-08-21 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 I would imagine that it is something like a jerry can or a bladder-like container, TW. My best guess.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-21 00:37|| 2005-08-21 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 What puzzles me is why the enemy needs to smuggle fuel into Iraq in the first place. Seems like carrying coals to Newcastle. The answer may tell us a lot about the effectiveness on the battle against the "insurgents" that the astute MSM reporters have missed.

Posted by GK 2005-08-21 01:40|| 2005-08-21 01:40|| Front Page Top

#4 "a large mule train crossing the Syrian border"

I'll bet there were wedding supplies in there, too.

Posted by .com 2005-08-21 01:52|| 2005-08-21 01:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe the manifest was marked "Party Favors."

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-08-21 02:14|| 2005-08-21 02:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' o'er the mountain chain
Soon they're gonna reach the top, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along

There's some plastic boom and schrafnel for the folks in way-out-yonder
A timer for a boomer who left SA to wander
Some CD shills for the shaheen in the hills
Get along, mule!! , get along

Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' through the wind and rain
They'll keep goin' till they drop, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along

There's a letter from some maddrass trimmed with black around the border
A quart of toot for someone brewed to order
A burka in the pack for the Ayatollah in the Sack
Get along, mule! , get along

Get along, mule, get along!! (mule train)

Posted by abu Frankie Gorilla 2005-08-21 03:03|| 2005-08-21 03:03|| Front Page Top

#7 OT: Anyone else here old enough to remember 20 Mule Team Borax sponsoring the Late Movie? That was the first thing I thought of as I came across the mule train bit in the story.

As you were. Sorry.

Posted by .com 2005-08-21 03:11|| 2005-08-21 03:11|| Front Page Top

#8 I remember the TeeVee commercials for 20 Mule Team Borax, awesome. I'm still curious about the demand for Borax that would lead someone to invest in 40 mules and start a mine in Death Valley.

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-08-21 03:27|| 2005-08-21 03:27|| Front Page Top

#9 MG,borates were used in working gold.

Posted by GK 2005-08-21 03:57|| 2005-08-21 03:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Mules, huh?

What kind of half-assed smuggling ring was this? :)

Posted by Dave 2005-08-21 04:07|| 2005-08-21 04:07|| Front Page Top

#11 I remember many a night with my parents watching those movies.One of my fondest childhood memories.

Posted by raptor 2005-08-21 06:23|| 2005-08-21 06:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Ah! Thanks for the link GK, interesting old brand name. Also finally figured out that a 20 mule team, means 20 mules - not 40. I want to visit their mine now that I know that have one of the wagons on site. 7 ft. wheels!

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-08-21 09:43|| 2005-08-21 09:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Unfortunately, I DO remember both the commercials and the movies. However, the first thing I thought of was Marshall and Millie, a pair of black mules my uncle had in Louisiana. I learned to plow with those mules, many odd years ago - something not many of my generation can include on a resume! 8^) Oh, and NO, I'm not older than dirt - dirt's my older brother.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-08-21 14:59|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-08-21 14:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Mules, huh? What kind of half-assed smuggling ring was this? :)

A time-honored one that's pretty effective in the rugged country along the Syria - Iraq border.

GK, Iraq does not have a large refining capacity .. they tend to export the crude and import the finished products. These days, that's under the control of the Iraqi government so the insurgents are falling back on other supply lines.

Posted by lotp 2005-08-21 19:13|| 2005-08-21 19:13|| Front Page Top

#15 "#14 Mules, huh? What kind of half-assed smuggling ring was this? :)

A time-honored one that's pretty effective in the rugged country along the Syria - Iraq border."

Indeed. However, my above comment was intended as much a pun on the parentage of mules (that of between a horse and a donkey or ass) than anything else.

Posted by Dave 2005-08-21 23:10|| 2005-08-21 23:10|| Front Page Top

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