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| Fisherman nets shark 200 km from sea. US to blame |
| 2007-10-30 |
| A two-metre shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea. Karim Hasan Thamir said he was fishing with his sons last week when they spotted a large fish thrashing about in his net. "I recognised the fish as a shark because I have seen one on a television programme," he told Reuters. The shark was pulled from the mouth of an irrigation canal that joins the Euphrates River. The Euphrates joins the Tigris River further east to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway which flows south past Basra into the Gulf. Dr. Mohamed Ajah, assistant dean of the college of science at Thi Qar University in Nassiriya, said barriers in river estuaries usually prevented sharks swimming upstream. "In this case, I think this animal was there for a long time but no one had managed to see it," he said. Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark's presence. Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water. "This is very frightening for us. Our children always swim in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I believe that America is behind this matter," said fisherman Hatim Karim |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #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 |
| #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 2007-10-30 19:08 |
| #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 |
| #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 2007-10-30 17:28 |
| #14 "Hey Achmed! Wanna see me pull a shark outta my net?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-10-30 17:16 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #11 Mo don't surf. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2007-10-30 14:02 |
| #10 Wait till they see the SIZE of the bedbugs America is putting under Arab mattresses. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-30 12:36 |
| #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 |
| #8 Signs & Portents Fisherman nets shark 200 km from sea. IOW, the shark haz jumped Iraq. I blame engineers, bio! |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-10-30 12:25 |
| #7 Swimming Rappers next for HBCD? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-10-30 10:54 |
| #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 |
| #5 "Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark's presence." ExcellentÂ…next stepÂ…the Rio Grande. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-10-30 10:00 |
| #4 Client diving. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-30 09:45 |
| #3 What was an American lawyer doing in the river? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-10-30 09:31 |
| #2 LOL Frank - help me out here! |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-10-30 09:06 |
| #1 did he have a friggin' laser beam on his head? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-30 08:57 |