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Iraq-Jordan
What we have here is a failure to eradicate...
2004-11-30
Note the goober second from right, demanding his rights, nabbed from the Sarah Whalen site...
Isn't he the goober in the green turban, waving a sword and vowing to become one of Sammy's boomers before the war? AFP described him as a Syrian then...
... and the very same goober in the green turban, waving a sword, whom Rooters described as a holy man vowing his support for Sammy?
I think this guy's a stock character that gets trotted out for demonstrations in Baghdad. It'd be a good idea if somebody killed him.
Posted by:Fred

#20  Green is also the color of jealousy and resentment. Hence the 'green eye monster' expression of Western origin. Also ask and confirm with any East Asian Gurus or students of Metaphysics about the ugly green auric enamation.
Posted by: Wo   2004-12-01 12:10:17 AM  

#19  I am sure he a a Mosque leader. Green is the color of Islam's battle banner IRC.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-30 11:19:21 PM  

#18  So what does this guy's green turban signify? He does look quite wound up, ya think?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-30 11:02:06 PM  

#17  #12: Beards are OK - mine's a lot longer / fuller / more manly (14") than any in those pix. So beards are cool.

Heya Dot Com... you could moonlight in a ZZ Top tribute band by night. :)
Posted by: eLarson   2004-11-30 8:06:13 PM  

#16  Fairly Slight 91102.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-30 3:41:37 PM  

#15  Speaking of Mad, Don Martin would've done a great one on Turbans meeting Fahrenheit 9111.
Posted by: Wo   2004-11-30 2:36:09 PM  

#14  except for westerns: black hats vs white hats....hell, even in Mad's old Spy vs Spy...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-30 1:40:06 PM  

#13  Hmmm.... .com, perhaps that's why the expression, "bad hat", came about ;). One never hears of "good hat".
Posted by: Wo   2004-11-30 1:36:46 PM  

#12  Good point, Wo (and I'm not making fun of your post):
It's a Conspiracy of Hats, I'm sure of it. Beards are OK - mine's a lot longer / fuller / more manly (14") than any in those pix. So beards are cool. But Hats? Oh baby, Hats always portend some really bad, um, stuff, heh.
Posted by: .com   2004-11-30 11:57:39 AM  

#11  Bad guys wear turbans(exception for Sikhs :)). Even the comics of old made this self-fulfilling prophecy. And beards.
Posted by: Wo   2004-11-30 11:49:57 AM  

#10  LOL! CLassic
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-30 11:41:33 AM  

#9  Frank - you're not suggesting:

"He who lives by the sword shall die by the run."

are you?
Posted by: .com   2004-11-30 11:37:02 AM  

#8  I'm thinking of the green turban bad guy in Temple. You are correct, of course, that the swordslinger was shot in Raiders with a gun -

little known trivia (from a Spielberg interview) is that Ford had diarrhea (bad water/food) on the set the day that scene was shot, and suggested the script chg to the gun as a means to get the scene over quicker. A classic scene
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-30 11:33:07 AM  

#7  "He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun."

Escalate as needed.
Posted by: .com   2004-11-30 11:30:33 AM  

#6  I think him and the Stop the War Coalition should get together for a knees-up and some tea :)
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-30 11:26:40 AM  

#5  Haven't you watched the Temple of Doom? He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun.

How soon they forget. That was from "Raiders", not "Temple of Doom".
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-11-30 11:09:45 AM  

#4  The end of the Holy Grail:
""Ere! That's an offensive weapon, that is!"
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-30 10:40:04 AM  

#3  lol - good call, ZF
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-30 10:34:47 AM  

#2  Frank G: preferably with that sword

Haven't you watched the Temple of Doom? He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-11-30 10:06:32 AM  

#1   It'd be a good idea if somebody killed him.

preferably with that sword
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-30 10:03:16 AM  

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