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Comical Ali: Israel jammed Iraq's satellite tv channel
2003-10-09
Iraq's former information minister on Wednesday accused Israel of aiding the U.S.-led invasion by jamming Iraq's satellite television channel, adding that remains of Israeli missiles were found.
Tell 'em about the death rays...
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, speaking on Abu Dhabi Television, said Iraq did not have long-range missiles to attack the Jewish state the way it did in the 1991 Gulf War. "I don't have information if it (Israel) played a military role, but I have information about what is related to our media work and of what we found of remains of Israeli missiles used against us," he said without giving further details on the type of the missiles and where they were found.
"We could tell they wuz Zionist missiles! They wuz all circumcized!"
Al-Sahhaf said "highly qualified Iraqi engineers found out that the jamming of the Iraqi satellite television channel was coming from the west and after further checking we came to the closest realistic conclusion that the jamming was coming from Israel."
If you can't believe Comical Ali, who can you believe?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  Mojo


You are talking about Israel. That is the
country where most major US technology companies
have laboratories in it, the country who has or had more scientist researchers than all the Muslim world combined (source: a memo from that Ahmadist who got the Nobel Prize in physics), a country who is plenty of the material (Jews) who has produced dozens of scientific Nobel Prizes, Field medalists, most of thebig guns in Manhattan project and half of the top chess players. They don't need stinking spooks to make JDAMs.

Posted by: JFM   2003-10-9 3:09:26 PM  

#4  A JDAM isa bolt-on guidance package. I feel sure the Israelis have some, even if they had to build them at home. Probably not too hard, once you know the basics. And the Israelis definitely have spooks working the US defense contractor beat.
Posted by: mojo   2003-10-9 1:16:12 PM  

#3  With respect to Israeli cooperation with the US, I question whether we have provided them with JDAM's for the Lebanon and Syria campaign. If not, why not? No reason to allow unnecessary casualties among non-combatants.
Posted by: Superhose   2003-10-9 12:53:45 PM  

#2  It's good to see he's found a job, after he tried to surrender to the coalition forces and was told to go away. ;)
I guess "shock and awe" means knocking the finals of "Iraqi Idol" off of the air.
Posted by: Baba Yaga   2003-10-9 2:42:22 AM  

#1  Only Al Jizzwad or it's ilk would have this clown on staff.

I wouldn't be surprised to have his name enter the english language as a cognate for "lying jerk".

Yeah, that's the ticket!
Posted by: mojo   2003-10-9 12:59:15 AM  

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