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2023-02-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Homs: Islamic State accused of killing truffle hunters in Syria

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-18 01:12|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 "Don't mind us! We're just innocent truffle hunters. Here in the desert."

Desert truffles sounds like the worst cover ever, but it is apparently a thing:
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Posted by SteveS 2023-02-18 09:22|| 2023-02-18 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Nobody knows the truffles I've seen.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-02-18 11:12|| 2023-02-18 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 What's Islamicly wrong with hunting truffles? Are they a banned food like pigs?

Posted by 3dc 2023-02-18 12:20|| 2023-02-18 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ They grow in "strategically sensitive areas," and don't rule out if they are worth anything, why not kill the people they are stealing from?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-18 12:28|| 2023-02-18 12:28|| Front Page Top

#5 We periodically see stories like this from Iraq, too. Small groups of unarmed civilians wandering the landscape — just too tempting for professional murderers to let pass, I guess.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-18 12:43|| 2023-02-18 12:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Mrs. Ret. was just talking about a truffle hunt as potentially being an excursion on an upcoming cruise. And she was also talking about me (not us) upping my life insurance. Gears grinding…..

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-02-18 13:38|| 2023-02-18 13:38|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ You've probably got SBP, you should be covered pretty well. I took the minimum amount and bought a couple of insurance policies. Too old too buy more insurance now. The cost is prohibitive. Mrs. Besoeker obviously wasn't a very good judge of men. I've told her to do better next time, and be sure to do the appropriate prenups.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-18 16:59|| 2023-02-18 16:59|| Front Page Top

#8 *next time*

Posted by Frank G 2023-02-18 18:40|| 2023-02-18 18:40|| Front Page Top

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