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| Iraq |
| Arab Volunteers |
| 2003-04-11 |
| From Arab News. Their site is VERY slow â article edited for length. Talal, who once dreamed of being a hero of the Arab resistance, had a rude awakening yesterday when he opened his eyes to the sight of the same US Marines he had been fighting for weeks watching over him. After a night under the stars on the front lawn of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, cordoned off by Marine tanks, the young Syrian lifted himself to rest on the palms of his hands, just returning their gaze. And that is all he could do after having regretfully handed back his gun on Wednesday at the sight of US troops in full battle gear rolling their mighty tanks and gigantic amphibious assault vehicles right into the heart of Baghdad. Be glad you still have a head to lift. The skinny, but resilient Syrian is one of thousands of âYour attack was quite pretty. It was, however, pointless.â But today, the Arab fighters have no checkered headdresses, no rocket launchers in their hands, no fierce looks on their faces Yes. Do that. In the meantime, they are staying for security reasons on the lawns of the Palestine Hotel, among reporters carrying out live stand-ups. âThe country is under no state security and we are afraid that people who hated the regime might attack us.â Reasonable fear. âWe have already been robbed on the way from the south,â said another volunteer who did not wish to be identified. âIs this the way the Iraqis want to thank us? âŠâ An Iraqi driver working with foreign journalists who had overheard the conversation, broke in to ask the fighters: âAnd who told you to come here? You were only fighting for Saddam Hussein who brought the country to ruins and who let you down in the end. Thatâs all.â Thatâs right, mister. Iâm sure theyâd prefer to thank you with a bludgeon. Just to express the depths of their gratitude, you understand. |
| Posted by:Tadderly |
| #7 Maybe (just maybe) some of the folks in the middle east might realize that the arab media is a little slanted towards anti-american propaganda for what ever reason(such as suporting a repressive government that will cut out their tongues if they don't report it in a "politicaly correct way")and that their overall best interest might be in supoorting a US sponsored regime? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-12 00:34:35 |
| #6 All they have are the T-shirts they are wearing "I came to Iraq to stop the Yankee imperialists and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!" |
| Posted by: Dushan 2003-04-11 18:24:31 |
| #5 "I went to Iraq and all I got was this lousy Kalashnikov!" |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-04-11 18:05:03 |
| #4 I remember in grade school studying about Mesapotemia and cradle of western civilization, right where we are now fighting. The middle east might have been the cradle, but all the smart folks skedaddled out of the cradle and headed for more temperate climes, leaving a larger than normal proportion of Darwinian A-H's. Just a theory, a hypothesis..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-11 17:46:41 |
| #3 I think that with all the desert out there . 1/5 of all the middle east sufferes from perminent sunburn. That combined with the cluelss relious fervour out there just makes for a bunch of dumb witted A-holes . please excuse typing errors - its friday night and am reading terry pratchet and not the flippin Koran . eeek hope i havent taken salman rushdies place on the fatwah hitlist LOL:) |
| Posted by: Biggus 2003-04-11 17:02:06 |
| #2 Now all the outsiders can return home and spread the word. |
| Posted by: Scott L. 2003-04-11 16:34:37 |
| #1 Said the Arab volunteers: "He raped, he stole, he murdered and tortured, he lied, he cheated, he utterly rejected the Koran in his personal life; what was there not to trust? We just don't get it." |
| Posted by: FormerLiberal 2003-04-11 16:17:57 |