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2003-12-09 Iran

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Posted by Seafarious 2003-12-09 1:04:38 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They should keep them. Anyone stupid enough to go on a bicycle tour in an area like that should be removed from the gene pool and not be ransomed at taxpayer's expenses.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-12-9 1:20:07 PM|| 2003-12-9 1:20:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember reading a Washington Post online chat from 2001 with the guy who was the spokesman for the Northern Alliance at the time. Mazar-i-Sharif had just fallen, and some guy asked the Northern Alliance spokesman if it would be safe for him to visit Afghanistan the next spring. A very polite no was returned. I think that guy would want to be on this trip.

Instant Darwin award here folks. Though the dopes who went to Algeria were stupider.

Posted by OminousWhatever 2003-12-9 5:13:50 PM|| 2003-12-9 5:13:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Riding a bicycle as a tourist in just about the most dangerous area this side of chechnya. Now that's rich. They are not eligible for Darwin Awards until their demise is properly documented. BTW, the author of the Darwin Awards books, Wendy Northcutt, was at Title Wave Books in Anchorage, Alaska last night. Was on a flight so I missed her presentation. damn!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-9 9:24:19 PM|| 2003-12-9 9:24:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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