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2011-05-06 India-Pakistan

Musharraf angrily rejected Osama hideout tip and physically threatened Afghan spy chief Saleh

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Posted by john frum 2011-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 "He said, 'Am I the president of the Republic of Banana?'"

A different word than "Banana" came to mind, but I'll refrain.

Posted by Pappy 2011-05-06 00:31|| 2011-05-06 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 "He said, 'Am I the president of the Republic of Banana?" - as he was juggling a few coconuts.

Posted by Gleregum tse Tung1512 2011-05-06 09:29|| 2011-05-06 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Mush's original line was probably "Am I the president of a banana republic?" which got mangled being translated two or more times from the original.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-06 11:41|| 2011-05-06 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, having dealt with lots of people from Pakistan and India, and, being married to an Indian it is far more likely that he said "...Republic of Banana."

In Hindi, Urdu and many of the languages spoken in that part of the world, the verb comes last. And while both Republic and banana are nouns, word ordering can be difficult for non native English speakers.

Even my highly educated wife says the most amazing things when she is speaking English.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-05-06 19:08|| 2011-05-06 19:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Whoa.

The Artic = former Spy El Hefe infers that PAKISTAN = ISLAMABAD GOVT + espec its ISI AGENCY controlled BOTH OSAMA = AL-QAEDA, + MULLAH OMAR = TALIBAN.

Lest we fergit, MSM-NET > OSAMA'S ["core"]AL-QAEDA + OMAR'S TALIBS were repor FEUDING OR OTHERWISE NOT GETTING ALONG???

MORE US QUESTIONS FOR ISLAMABAD.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-06 20:41|| 2011-05-06 20:41|| Front Page Top

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