You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Iraq
Iraq Cracks Down on Tater Totz
2007-11-20
Dozens of militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were arrested in a massive assault by US and Iraqi troops in the central city of Diwaniyah, officials said on Monday. Iraqi security officials said that 3,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen supported by military tanks and hundreds of US and Polish troops launched the assault on Saturday to flush out Shiite militants from the city.

Hussain al-Buderi, a member of the Qadisiyah provincial council, said that 49 militants from the Sadr group, including four leaders, were arrested since the launch of "Operation Lion's Leap". Witnesses said the city of more than one million people was under curfew and US aircraft were dropping leaflets urging locals to cooperate in locating militant hideouts. Sadr's office in the town of Nafar, south of Diwaniyah, was also raided on Monday as part of the crackdown, Buderi told AFP.

Diwaniyah's police chief Major General Ali Akmoosh said the assault also led to the dismissal of 70 policemen, including some officers. "They have been dismissed for supporting armed gangs," he told AFP.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Say it. Don't spray it.
Posted by: treo   2007-11-20 14:52  

#10  according to several sources, a number of n african dialects of arabic have the 'th' sound

Just not any of the ones that Sadr happens to speak.

The digraph 'th' represents a voiced or unvoiced dental fricative. Curiously, it is not present in Scandihoovian languages. As Victor Borge wryly observed—while vocalizing the sound and sticking his tongue out in the process—it can be extremely cold in the Nordic winters and nobody wants to leave anything out longer than necessary or it might freeze and break off. However, the voiced or unvoiced dental fricative should not confused with the Labiodental Fricative*.
(*Electric guitar accompaniment by Eric Clapton)

Cannibal chiefs chew Camembert cheese
'cause chewing keeps 'em cheeky
Big Fat Fred sticks fur to his head
'cause he thinks fur makes him freaky
Benjamin Bland and his Bugle Band blow the blues bi-weekly
(Yee hoo hoo!)
How many pies can a porpoise poise on purpose if she pleases?

I got up at eight, it was half past two
I said to myself, "Well, how do you do?"
I've gotta get on, so I soon got off
Stuck a clean shirt on, and had a good cough
Back at the boozer, a bloke I knew
Said he knew a secret no one knew
He pinched some snuff, and he sniffed and sighed
So I pinched his snout, and he replied,

"Cannibal chiefs chew Camembert cheese
'cause chewing keeps 'em cheeky
Big Fat Fred sticks fur to his head
'cause he thinks fur makes him freaky
Benjamin Bland and his Bugle Band blow the blues bi-weekly
How many pies can a porpoise poise on purpose if she pleases?"

Here am I a sailor
Seabirds fly above me
Listen to their cry
See them in the sky above me
Here am I a sailor
Fishes swim below me
Even while I sleep
Growing in the deep below me

I rode a long worm to the end of the line
I asked Tin Man if he'd tell me the time
He took off his hat, and he took off his head
Took off Max Bygraves, here's what he said,
"You take first right and second left."
The man in the moon says, "How's your chest?"
The man in the sun says, "Have another one!"
So we're all tanked up and singing along

Cannibal chiefs chew camembert cheese
'cause chewing keeps 'em cheeky
Big Fat Fred fixes fur to his head
'cause he thinks fur makes him freaky
Benjamin Bland and his Bugle Band blow the blues bi-weekly
How many pies can a porpoise poise on purpose if she pleases?"

(Lyrics by Vivian Stanshell and Neil Innes)
Posted by: Zenster   2007-11-20 14:44  

#9  Mike N.

according to several sources, a number of n african dialects of arabic have the 'th' sound
Posted by: mhw   2007-11-20 13:00  

#8  Gives you the creeps, huh, Sherry? But in civilized countries, animals like al-Sadr end up in prison so you don't have to worry about them. Does anybody remember before the first Desert Storm when Iraqis kidnapped an English boy in Iraq and held him hostage? They showed pictures of the boy in Saddam's office with Saddam holding the boy by the arm above the elbow. It frightened everybody because we all know what a monster like Saddam was capable of doing to a boy like that. In our country, even the president of the United States would go to jail for such behavior. Civilized societies punish brutes, bullies and rapists. But in Iraq Saddam was admired for it.

Posted by: Abu Uluque6305   2007-11-20 11:41  

#7  Dental hygiene doesn't look like it's high on the list of priorities in muzzie-land. Somewhere down at the bottom of the list behind abusing women, facing mecca 4 times/day, booming, jihad, goat tending (and abuse), killing the infidel, lying to the infidel, etc. Did I miss anything?
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-11-20 10:15  

#6  Iraq Cracks Down on Tater Totz

May the ketchup flow freely.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-11-20 02:32  

#5  Just a guess, but I presume there's no TH sound in the Arabic language.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-11-20 02:08  

#4  ... --- ...
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-11-20 01:55  

#3  If only muslim woman every where were so discriminating as you, lady S, the world would be a lot nicer place (no more Tater tots).
Posted by: Pushover Pushes Back   2007-11-20 01:44  

#2  .com used to tell us the tales from Soddiland. The menfolk know perfectly well what lies beneath the sack. He would describe how the young turks would drive s-l-o-w-l-y along the picnic areas and ogle the ladies in their chadors.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-11-20 01:44  

#1  Looking at that pic -- I have to admit, before his eyes, I would want to be in a burqa.... believe me when I say...... there is nothing I would want to even hint to this guy.....

Maybe I'm beginning to understand why Muslim women don't object to the wearing of the burqa...... they don't want men with the looks of this guy..... even entertaining any thoughts.....

I would never, in my "younger" days, would have wanted to do anything that would draw attention to me from this guy...... chills running up and down my spine....

I would be hiding..... the look of him and others like him ..... well, woman may only be safe, by covering up...

How sad.
Posted by: Sherry   2007-11-20 01:15  

00:00