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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran prepares for battle with Swamp Thing
2010-05-01
Posted by:tipper

#5  I'll take Swamp Thing for 50 in the 2nd.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-05-01 18:53  

#4  Actually there is a very large marsh/swamp network in Iraq - the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands. The Marsh Arabs tend towards Shia in belief and have fought the Baghdad Arabs for centuries. Saddam was draining those swamps and turning them into desert to rid himself of the Marsh Arabs when we overthrew him, and liberated Iraq.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2010-05-01 16:21  

#3  Where are they going to fight, Bangladesh? I don't know of any tropical swamps in Iran. Those suits would boil whomever was in them in about 30 minutes in the desert. I've worn OUR chem suits for 14 hours, and that's pretty debilitating. Those things would roast a body to a turn.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2010-05-01 16:00  

#2  *looks closer* eh, it's all ghillie suits. I thought the one on the left was Cousin Eddie for a sec.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2010-05-01 12:27  

#1  Iran's military displayed a range of home-built drones

Kites and "hot air" balloons?

Does Iran have any idea how ridiculous the troops look goose-stepping in their ghillie suits?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-05-01 11:02  

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