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2007-10-30 Iraq

Fisherman nets shark 200 km from sea. US to blame

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Posted by tipper 2007-10-30 07:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 did he have a friggin' laser beam on his head?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-30 08:57|| 2007-10-30 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 LOL Frank - help me out here!

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-10-30 09:06|| 2007-10-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 What was an American lawyer doing in the river?

Posted by Darrell 2007-10-30 09:31|| 2007-10-30 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Client diving.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-30 09:45|| 2007-10-30 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 "Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark's presence."

Excellentnext stepthe Rio Grande.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-10-30 10:00|| 2007-10-30 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Just some field testing - the dolphins and seals work well, given their intelligence, so we're working our way down to the more aggressive, yet less intellectual, sea creatures.

Posted by Haliburton - Border Control Divison 2007-10-30 10:40|| 2007-10-30 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Swimming Rappers next for HBCD?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-10-30 10:54|| 2007-10-30 10:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Signs & Portents

Fisherman nets shark 200 km from sea.

IOW, the shark haz jumped Iraq.

I blame engineers, bio!

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-10-30 12:25|| 2007-10-30 12:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water.

Based on prior empirical evidence, of course.

Posted by Mad Eye Thrineger4793 2007-10-30 12:33|| 2007-10-30 12:33|| Front Page Top

#10 Wait till they see the SIZE of the bedbugs America is putting under Arab mattresses.

Posted by ed 2007-10-30 12:36|| 2007-10-30 12:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Mo don't surf.

Posted by rhodesiafever 2007-10-30 14:02|| 2007-10-30 14:02|| Front Page Top

#12 Well, if they stopped murdering each other and dumping the bodies in the river. If you don't want to fish, don't chum.

This makes complete sense. With the fall of Saddam came the return of the marshes that were dammed up.

It is our fault. They should be thanking us for returning their wildlife.

Posted by Penguin 2007-10-30 15:35|| 2007-10-30 15:35|| Front Page Top

#13 Udai's waste management program included vicious pets. Prolly crocodiles, too. Saddam even had a mini sub with escape hatch for tooling around the River.

Posted by Danielle 2007-10-30 17:11|| 2007-10-30 17:11|| Front Page Top

#14 "Hey Achmed! Wanna see me pull a shark outta my net?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-10-30 17:16|| 2007-10-30 17:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Some sharks can handle brackish water for quite a while. Bull sharks have been found WAY up the Mississippi - a lot more than 160 miles. They don't need American help getting up the Euphrates.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-30 17:28|| 2007-10-30 17:28|| Front Page Top

#16 My copy of Shadows In The Sea says that sharks routinely swim all the way up to Baghdad. They also state the British recorded 27 attacks between 1941 to 1949, half of them were fatal. These attacks were in the Karun River near Ahwaz.

Posted by bruce 2007-10-30 19:00|| 2007-10-30 19:00|| Front Page Top

#17 Bruce, I don't care if it was in 1941, it is still GW Bush's fault. And the US's.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-10-30 19:08|| 2007-10-30 19:08|| Front Page Top

#18 REDDIT > DECLINE IN PIRACY LEAD TO GLOBAL WARMING, aka BULLWINKLE > PIRATE HI-TECHNOLOGY ANGERING THE SUN + NORTH POLE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-30 22:00|| 2007-10-30 22:00|| Front Page Top

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