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2006-03-11 India-Pakistan

Al-Qaeda steps up Waziristan propaganda campaign with DVDs

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-11 04:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DVD's?
Kinda blows the image of poor starving pesants living in mud huts and scrounging in the fields for leftover grain, doesn't it?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-11 08:51|| 2006-03-11 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 And what is the American Embassy doing? Huh?

My god, from the country which developed landfills full of AOL coasters, Netflix, and other creative applications for CD/DVDs, you'd think we'd have 'Bill Gates' the market on free DVD with our message slickly tucked into a free Bollywood movie. Once again, the State Department is still in mid-20th Century. Someone send a note to Rummy to get SOCOM on the job.

Posted by Whomorong Hupoluth2201 2006-03-11 09:36|| 2006-03-11 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 RE: CD propaganda: can we distribute 40 million CDs to Waziristan by C-5? The terminal velocity of one of those little monsters from 45,000 feet would cut halfway through the walls of their mud huts. Next earthquake, EVERYTHING would fall down. Then we could go in as "humanitarians" and clean up - both literally and figuratively. Who said God isn't on OUR side? He just needs a little help now and then.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-03-11 15:46|| http://oldpatriot. blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot. blogspot.com/] 2006-03-11 15:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Heh. I think that the cold at the launch elevation would cause them to shatter too easily to do real damage, but it's an interesting plan OP. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2006-03-11 16:08|| 2006-03-11 16:08|| Front Page Top

#5 scene from the Gods Must Be Crazy - bombard them with empty coke bottles?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-03-11 16:12|| 2006-03-11 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I suppose we could use Coke cans ... and then let the industrious ones redeem them for a nickel a piece.

Posted by lotp 2006-03-11 16:16|| 2006-03-11 16:16|| Front Page Top

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