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2007-01-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does the sound system shout "Allahu Akbar" before igniting?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-01-04 00:27|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-01-04 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 electrical wiring by al-lucas, prince of (sometimes) darkness....

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-01-04 01:10|| 2007-01-04 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Something about France, their cars, and burning. Makes the new years look like a joke without GM getting backhanded. They burn just as well on new years in france as they burn in Iran I guess. Is it a manufacturing defect that some do not burn or is it a feature?

Posted by newc">newc 2007-01-04 01:16|| 2007-01-04 01:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure there is an american made part that is at fault.

Posted by Skidmark 2007-01-04 04:20|| 2007-01-04 04:20|| Front Page Top

#5 "We are emphasizing the need to improve the safety of the vehicles, so that our citizens will not be worried any more," he added.

Yeah, get those old bombs off the road.

Posted by Rolls Canardly 2007-01-04 04:29|| 2007-01-04 04:29|| Front Page Top

#6 'Self igniting' Iran cars worry police

Inshallah smog equiptment, the infernal combustable kind.

Posted by RD 2007-01-04 04:55|| 2007-01-04 04:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm sure there is an american made part that is at fault.

I sure hope we did!

Posted by Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-04 07:33|| 2007-01-04 07:33|| Front Page Top

#8 "Despite the reports, the car still ranks as the best-selling car among automobiles in the Iranian market which are priced above 10,000 dollars," he said.
which proves that Iranians love a good Car-B Que too!
The state-owned Iran Khodro company has an annual production of about 550,000 cars including Iran's flagship Samand, Peugeot 206 and Peugeot Pars, which is a face-lifted 405.
Double the production, full steam ahead.... Inshallah!

Posted by RD 2007-01-04 07:55|| 2007-01-04 07:55|| Front Page Top

#9 The Pinto was a quarter-million seller until its very last year.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-01-04 08:19|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-01-04 08:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Suprised the self combusting car doesnt throw out a free supply of tar and feathers , considering its of French make

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-04 08:24|| 2007-01-04 08:24|| Front Page Top

#11 A natural progression. After all, there's only so many aircraft around.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-04 09:46|| 2007-01-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#12 lol, McNails, but I was actually thinking of cheese, whine and white flags. I guess they'd all be consumed by the fire though, so carry on!

lol, my high school youth minister (a very devout guy) had a Peugeot station wagon (one of the last ones here in the US meguesses). Anyhoo, even as truthful and honest as he was, he was trying to figure out some way to get rid of the car and collect the insurance on it. He even dreamed up a scheme to intentionally crash it, but figured he wouldn't get enough for the "totalled" insurance to pay off the remaining loan, lol!

Posted by BA 2007-01-04 10:10|| 2007-01-04 10:10|| Front Page Top

#13 I think the fuel system must be made in Israel. It's gotta be the jooos fault.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-04 10:15|| 2007-01-04 10:15|| Front Page Top

#14 You see they can't blame a state-owned company so it must be outside forces (Jews, U.S., etc.) responsible for the flaming cars.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-01-04 10:35|| 2007-01-04 10:35|| Front Page Top

#15 Damn this is weird. Muslims burn French cars in Paris, then French cars burn themselves in Iran.

Islam vs Herbie the love bug?

Seems French cars have more spine than the French government.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-01-04 11:24|| 2007-01-04 11:24|| Front Page Top

#16 "Iran Khodro's director of marketing Mehdi Ghasem ..."

Ghasem up!

Posted by Ghas Guzzler 2007-01-04 11:56|| 2007-01-04 11:56|| Front Page Top

#17 I think the French cars are just mad and depressed at being left in a third world country and commit suicide.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-04 15:46|| 2007-01-04 15:46|| Front Page Top

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