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| Palestinian Iraq volunteer dies | |
| 2003-04-02 | |
| Thaer Hussein Othman, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp in Lebanon and living in Denmark, died on the journey from the Syrian border, on his way to support the Iraqi forces. The bus in which he was travelling was attacked by a US Apache helicopter, and he later died of his wounds in a Baghdad hospital. Tap, tap, tap...Nope. At his funeral in Beirut on Tuesday, volleys of shots were fired into the air and shops were closed as a sign of respect. The dead man's brother said that Othman had left Denmark on the day that the US attack on Iraq began, "on a tourist trip to Syria. We didn't know he was in Iraq." Another wannabe misses out on his virgins. Wonder how many were on the bus that got zapped?
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| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #3 Put on Iraqi satellite TV around midnight T night, W-morning, Chicago time. Who pops up but Taha Ramadan with his interpreter right next to him. Speech/press conference was at the Palestine Hotel. Man, what a show! Just have time for two things. One, he told Saud al-Faisal to go to hell since everybody knows that he and the other royal family members are on Uncle Sam's payroll. Two, and this concerns article, he kept going on about all the volunteers who would be/are flooding into Iraq to martyr themselves for Islam, Arab Nation, blah, blah. Yesterday, I saw a photo of a bus out of Beirut full of volunteers. Yes, yes, take them out on the road. They are beligerents acting on the command of the Saudi regime. No doubt. I was thinking before about arresting and vetting them would be better. No more. Search their buses, verify who they are, let the bus go a couple of miles. In meantime, radio to Apache or Spooky who's coming down the road. This is the system Moroccan cops use to catch speeders, minus fireworks and search, but cops hide in bushes. Anyway, martyr them in the west of Iraq before they get to green country. Give them satisfaction. After all, we aim to please. You troops are |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-04-02 15:59:08 |
| #2 Note to boomers at milepost 100: we're using the highway as a runway of resupplying C-130's. you will never make it to Baghdad alive, and that A-10 in your rearview mirror is larger than it appears. have a nice day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-02 12:47:43 |
| #1 No refunds on bus tickets purchased on this route. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-04-02 08:39:20 |