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2004-05-06 Arabia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-05-06 1:16:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I thought the Saudis had this guy cornered in the desert? Can't be that cornered if he's got access to pen, paper and the postal services, obviously.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-06 4:06:29 AM|| 2004-05-06 4:06:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It depends on how you define the term "surrounded" - which was used extensively in "news" reporting sourced from Nayef's Security Forces. Once again, we should keep Pravda in mind when reading "news" from Saudi sources.

Defining "is" confounded a US President, so we must allow leeway to the Magic Kingdom's Nayef when he can't quite come to clear terms with "surrounded", heh. Nayef's "challenged" in so many ways, poor boy.

Posted by .com 2004-05-06 6:19:21 AM|| 2004-05-06 6:19:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 'Cornered' in the same way Zawahiri was, then. 'Cornered' probably has a dozen alternate meanings of varying degree in Arabic/Urdu.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-05-06 7:30:05 AM|| 2004-05-06 7:30:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Aha! So you were, in your devious fashion, attempting to redefine the situation by using an alternative word! Woooo, that's dicey, bro, I don't think Nayef would approve of 'cornered' cuz it's more definitive and clearer than merely being "surrounded' which, on a large enough scale (conveniently left out of the press release) would always be 'true' after a fashion. Methinks you've got Nayef pegged, nailed, boxed in, enveloped, invested, and encircled, lol! Now if only the same could be said, definitively, of Al Mucky! Lol! What fun, Howard! ;-)

Posted by .com 2004-05-06 7:38:13 AM|| 2004-05-06 7:38:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif blamed Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network. There has been no claim for the shooting."

Reuters omits that "blame" (rhymes with "claim") has been attributed to the work of Zionists; by none other than Princes Abdullah and Saud Feisal. Why doesn't the news agency do a little triangulation investigation? I sent it an e-mail to that effect.

Posted by Michael 2004-05-06 11:44:41 AM|| 2004-05-06 11:44:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I love this one:

"They kept their promise to us and chose their target well because it was the site of many Western oil firms occupying our land economically and stealing its wealth,"

So when we give you $ in exchange for oil, that's called theft? If lying was an Olympic sport the Saudis would finally win a gold medal (and the silver and the bronze).

Speaking of the Olympics, I have a question for Aris...

Posted by Raj 2004-05-06 12:14:46 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-05-06 12:14:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I do so enjoy a recuring theme.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-06 4:41:25 PM|| 2004-05-06 4:41:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Raj, you bad boy! Too funny.

Posted by Jen 2004-05-06 4:56:32 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-06 4:56:32 PM|| Front Page Top