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2007-11-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Millions of pills from Syria captured in Lebanon

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Posted by Fred 2007-11-27 16:27|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Weren't the hard boys in Fallujia hopped up on Amphetamines?

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-11-27 17:55|| 2007-11-27 17:55|| Front Page Top

#2 North Korea is known to produce counterfeit meds. Maybe Syria signed on as a new distributor.

Posted by Pappy 2007-11-27 18:22|| 2007-11-27 18:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The drugs were discovered when the bus was scanned at the Beirut Port

That's sounds like awfully modern (and expensive) equipment. I would've thought the budget of the Lebanese government would be too small to pay for such fripperies.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-27 18:50|| 2007-11-27 18:50|| Front Page Top

#4 n. pl. frip·per·ies
1. Pretentious, showy finery.
2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation.
3. Something trivial or nonessential.

Thanks TW for the word-0-da-day :)

Posted by Phinater Thraviger 2007-11-27 19:45|| 2007-11-27 19:45|| Front Page Top

#5 That's sounds like awfully modern (and expensive) equipment.

Believe the Germans have contributed some.

Posted by Pappy 2007-11-27 21:12|| 2007-11-27 21:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Believe the Germans have contributed some.

Along with the original recipe.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-27 21:59|| 2007-11-27 21:59|| Front Page Top

#7 more likely the us supplied the equipment, might been along with all the humvees they have been supplying the lebanese

Posted by sinse 2007-11-27 22:18|| 2007-11-27 22:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Who was driving the bus? Who paid him? Who paid them? Oh - yeah, I guess we already know that.

Posted by Glung McGurque2454 2007-11-27 22:45|| 2007-11-27 22:45|| Front Page Top

#9 That's a comfort. And yes, Phinater Thraviger, fripperies is a wonderful word. I'm awfully good at definition #3, I fear. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-11-27 22:56|| 2007-11-27 22:56|| Front Page Top

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