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2003-05-07 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-07 12:20 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Which numbers received French passports?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-05-07 13:05:21|| [radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentevents/] 2003-05-07 13:05:21|| Front Page Top

#2 1-4

Posted by Mike N. 2003-05-07 14:28:13|| 2003-05-07 14:28:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a running list on my site, with pictures of the cards (regular cards, not the special CentCom cards) for those who wish to play Ba'ath Poker, a cross-reference chart showing how the list of 55 relates to the deck of 52 (not very well), and graphs showing the rank of those captured against time of capture. They're all in this file: just keep scrolling down.

What's weird, and disturbing, is how the captures break down: we have only 6 of the top 39, and all but 2 of the bottom 16. (This is on the list of 55, but the deck of cards is similar: only two face cards are in custody.)

It looks like maybe Syria (or France) decided to let the 'Top 40' in and turn the rest away, or something like that. (The fact that we've caught a few of the Top 40 doesn't disprove this: even with a promise of safety in Syria, they would still have to get to the border.)

I'll be blogging something along these lines later tonight.

Posted by Dr. Weevil 2003-05-07 14:36:33|| [www.doctorweevil.org] 2003-05-07 14:36:33|| Front Page Top

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