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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Stork Detained As Spy In Egypt Found Dead
2013-09-08
The headline makes it read as if the stork murdered a spy...
[BREITBART] A stork once detained by Egyptian authorities on suspicion of being a winged spy has been found dead.
"Zey call heem...Ze Schtork"!
Mahmoud Hassib, the head of Egypt's southern protected areas, said Saturday that local residents found the dead bird on an island in the Nile, south of the ancient city of Aswan.
Dead storks tell no secrets. Then again, neither do live ones...
In August, a local resident found the stork in Egypt's Qena governorate, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Cairo. Both he and police were suspicious of the European wildlife tracker found on it. Authorities later let the bird go.
"Okay.You can go."
"QUACK!"
"Hey, wait a minute..."
However, controversy trails the bird into death. An Egyptian wildlife organization claimed on its Facebook page the bird was "eaten by local villagers." Hassib denied that the bird had been eaten, though he didn't know an exact cause of death.
Urp...
Posted by:Fred

#13  Bravo, Zenobia Floger6220!
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-09-08 23:45  

#12  The other day, you may have heard,
The police released a wading bird
They found his carcass by the Nile
He must have met a crocodile

When I came home last night at three
The stork was waiting there for me
I shrieked aloud and grabbed my tummy
This spectral bird must be a mummy
Go away, go away, get back to your storkophagus, ghoul!
Go away, go away, from now on I'll eat nothing but ful... (fart!)
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2013-09-08 22:08  

#11  ZOOOOOOMMMG, THE BARON + MUTTLEY FINALLY GOT YANKEE DOODLE PIDGEON - I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

Oh wait ... My bad.

CLOSE ENUFF FOR THE MUMMY + EGYPTIAN GOVT WORK.

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-09-08 20:09  

#10  The ingrate Ignatz was a no-show.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-09-08 13:36  

#9  Krazy Kat, Officer Bull Pupp, Don Kiyote, Mrs. Kwakk Wakk, The Mock Duck, Walter Cephus Austridge, Krazy Katbird, Krazy Katfish, and Gooseberry Sprig are gathered today to mourn for Joe Stork.
Posted by: Korora   2013-09-08 11:30  

#8  Where did it keep the cyanide capsule?

"Want to pay for it now?"
"Nah! Just put it on my bill!"
BaBump_BumpBump
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2013-09-08 10:54  

#7  yup Proc - the pigeon flew the coop.

As for the stork, well once caught and released, he had to wing it.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-09-08 10:41  

#6  I suspect the real stool pigeon is still on the loose.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-09-08 10:17  

#5   Hassib denied that the bird had been eaten, though he didn't know an exact cause of death did mention his newly published cook book, featuring "Stork Stuffing".
Posted by: Au Auric   2013-09-08 09:51  

#4  So no more Egyptian baby deliveries?
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-09-08 09:38  

#3  Stork stuck it's neck out going to Egypt...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-09-08 09:37  

#2  "he knew too much"
Posted by: Frank G   2013-09-08 09:12  

#1  There's always a price to pay when technology intelligence assets are compromised. Wonder who gets this bill...
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-09-08 06:36  

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