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| Baathists Hold "Come to Jesus" Meeting |
| 2004-01-12 |
| High-ranking members of the Baath Party renounced party affiliation today at a meeting in Tallafar in northwestern Iraq while fellow Iraqis and leaders from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) witnessed. In addition to renouncing their Baath Party affiliation, the officials turned in weapons to Col. Michael Linnington, commander, 187th Infantry Regiment [sic], and Lt. Col. Christopher Pease, commander, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, who handed the weapons over to local police. More then 120 AK-47s and three machine guns were handed in. That brings the total number of weapons collected by 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) to 719 AK-47s, four rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), 30 RPG rounds, 15 hand grenades, two mortars and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition. All of the weapons collected will be given over to Iraqi Police and the Iraqi military for use in maintaining security, said the Tallafar chief of police. âThese weapons will be used for the future security force of this country,â Linnington said. âThe goal is Iraq for Iraqis.â |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #6 "all over" kind, Yes! The full immersion Baptist triple dipper at the age of reason with cake and ice cream after. BTW for all you spriklers out there.... this is the only guaranteed method. Jesus himself did the triple cannonball. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-12 3:28:51 PM |
| #5 Gasse, this was the "all over" kind, not the "sprinkle on the head" kind. As a great sci-fi writer once wrote, in paraphrase "Iraq is alive with the sound of turning coats." |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-1-12 1:28:11 PM |
| #4 Invitation read: "Attend our 'Come to Jesus' meeting, or meet him in person... the choice is yours." |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-1-12 12:59:56 PM |
| #3 Chuck, is that what you call a 'Baathist baptism'? :) |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-12 12:55:36 PM |
| #2 High-ranking members of the Baâath Party renounced party affiliation today at a meeting in Tallafar in northwestern Iraq while fellow Iraqis and leaders from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) witnessed. The Baathists were in power for way too long to think that they could just renounce their party affiliation and everything would be hunky-dory. They need to be watched closely for a LONG time. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-12 12:53:57 PM |
| #1 âThe goal is Iraq for Iraqis.â What a great comment. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-1-12 12:11:59 PM |