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2008-04-28 Iraq

One of Tater's head Tots in Basra gets fried

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-28 10:17|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I thought the headline said "fired". I guess in their line of business, fried and fired are one in the same.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-04-28 11:11|| 2008-04-28 11:11|| Front Page Top

#2 One way for management to keep the retirement fund healthy. It gives new meaning to "mandatory retirement".

Posted by tipover 2008-04-28 11:26|| 2008-04-28 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 "was gunned down by gunmen"
...and they were ARMED WITH GUNS, too!
Sheesh!

In any case, I wouldn't be surprised if these gun-wielding gunmen who gunned him down WERE Iraqi police.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-04-28 11:27|| 2008-04-28 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Must be illegal death squads, from the U.S.-backed Iraqi government

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-28 11:36|| 2008-04-28 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 It's the International Herald Tribune, Atomic Conspiracy. We can't expect such eminences of the journalism world to submit to editing.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-28 11:37|| 2008-04-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe it was just some concerned citizens doing a little vermin control.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-04-28 13:11|| 2008-04-28 13:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Were any rounds of bullet found at the scene ?

Posted by wxjames 2008-04-28 13:33|| 2008-04-28 13:33|| Front Page Top

#8 But was it a shutter gun?

Posted by AlanC 2008-04-28 16:00|| 2008-04-28 16:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder if there was a bounty on his head?

Posted by www 2008-04-28 16:08|| 2008-04-28 16:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Might have been one of the other oil-stealing gangs get a little of their own back. For the past 18 months, the Tater Tots have controlled a big chunk of the illegal oil trade and now that they have been pushed out of Basra, some of the local wise guys may have decided to eliminate the competition.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2008-04-28 17:53|| 2008-04-28 17:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Wolf's Head ~~Brigands~~ Brigades?

Posted by Clinter Darling of the Munchkins3507 2008-04-28 19:12|| 2008-04-28 19:12|| Front Page Top

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