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2005-05-26 Iraq-Jordan

Rumors Mount Over the Fate of Al-Zarqawi

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Accordion Lady's gotta be tired. Should we bring in the vulture? All they ever do is sit and stare, sit and stare ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-05-26 00:02|| 2005-05-26 00:02|| Front Page Top

#2 They peck, too. They need something to peck unto... Are they gliding in circles? That would be a sign that the peckee is available.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-05-26 00:09|| 2005-05-26 00:09|| Front Page Top

Posted by 3dc 2005-05-26 01:36|| 2005-05-26 01:36|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem for America and Americans, is that the rest of the world is not paranoid, and certainly not afraid of America. Last year when US Authorities insultingly insisted that all 'foreigners' including British and Australians be fingerprinted, photographed and retinally scanned before being issued a tourist visa to visit Disneyworld, the overwhelming response was "Sod you, you paranoid bastards..." There is a alternative Eurodisney near Paris, France, anyway, and besides, who really wants to talk to Mickey Mouse? America, already in free fall on the stock exchange and with its dollar, started to rapidly lose its critical tourist revenues.
The bottom line for ordinary Americans, is that it is way past time to start making friends with the rest of the world again. Where thirty years ago Americans were genuinely hated only in Korea, Vietnam, and sections of Germany, this hatred has now spread to more than one hundred countries across the globe, with everyone hoping [and many praying] for a swift Armageddon in North America.
So wake up people, it is time to go to work. First catch your war criminals, second bring as many live troops back from the Middle East as you can, then finally get on with running America the way it should be run. Stay away from the rest of the world though, or the rest of the world will completely destroy you. This is not a warning, but a promise.

Posted by send the idiotbacktoistexasvillage 2005-05-26 02:37|| 2005-05-26 02:37|| Front Page Top

#5 see that bird idiot..one day soon it will poop on your bones.

Posted by Haliburton gartbage and asshat disposal divison 2005-05-26 02:47|| 2005-05-26 02:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Lol! You can't even spell your own idiot nym correctly, dropped an 'h' lol, but you're certain you speak for the entire world and have everything all figured out. Uh, huh, right.

To suggest you must be as foolish, naive, brainwashed, and clueless as your words is a terrible insult, but there it is.

Right. Okay, you delivered your silly little ~~brain fart~~ bilious screed, such as it is, now fuck off like a good wanker. There you go. Buh bye.

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 03:00|| 2005-05-26 03:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Are not her arms getting tired?
I still think this is a distraction.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-05-26 03:35|| 2005-05-26 03:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, Idiot, everyone else thinks they, themselves, are #1 and demand deference from America because of that. At the SAME TIME, they DEMAND that Americans DO NOT think of themselves as #1.

Here's what irritates the f*ck out of you, Idiot, as well as everyone else in the world: Americans not only are ENTITLED to the same right EVERYONE ELSE has to think of themselves as #1 in the world, BUT HAVE MORE PROOF TO SUPPORT THAT BELIEF.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-05-26 05:12|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-05-26 05:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Speaking as a non-American my daughter is desperate to go to the REAL Disneyland and were she aware there was an 'ersatz' version in euroland she would reject it out of hand. Why bother with a second rate copy when you can have the real thing (analogy intended).

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-26 05:21|| 2005-05-26 05:21|| Front Page Top

#10 actually, we're kinda hoping you and your friends stay home. Keeps the lines down for the rest of us.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-26 06:10|| 2005-05-26 06:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Sounds like someone's got their turban in a knot this fair morning. If America's so hated I suggest you look at the UN's figures for migration to developed countries. America's always been hard to get into - and after 9/11 I'd expect to be grilled before being let in.

Stay away from the rest of the world though, or the rest of the world will completely destroy you.

I seem to remember during the Bosnia conflict the world was calling for America to take a much more interventionist role in international affairs.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-05-26 06:39|| 2005-05-26 06:39|| Front Page Top

#12 I had no idea that international tourism was that important to the U.S. economy. I am comforted by the fact that the CIA doesn't either.

As for friends, my youngest's godfather is Bangladeshi, my own goddaughter is German (lives in Frankfurt), and two of my childrens' best friends are English (Surrey) and Indian (Beijing -- don't ask). My husband had to replace his last passport a couple of years early because the extra extension was so overused it kept falling out. And I'm only a little American housewife, nothing special. How international did you say you were, Mr. Idiot?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 06:43|| 2005-05-26 06:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh, and I've been to Eurodisney -- twice. It's cute, but absolutely no comparison to the two American sites. Think one of those little
"tastes" sent round by the chef at the kind of restaurants where Chiraq would take Scroeder. I find them a little overdone, myself, but it is so much better than nibbling on breadsticks.

Phil_B, your daughter is right -- figure two days for Eurodisney, at least a week for either one Stateside. And that assumes that you and your wife don't take any of the classes on offer: Mr. Wife has promised that we'll go back one of these years, and he'll check out the latest engineering wonders while the girls and I take cooking classes, and then he can take them on the roller coasters while I do horticulture. Heaven!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 06:52|| 2005-05-26 06:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Let me get this straight:

The 'rest of the world' is going to stop coming to Disneyland, a subsidiary of ABC which is an antiwar outfit which typically would love to see more dead Amewricans and less dead terrorists...

And you're going to hurt US by staying away? Where's the downside?

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-26 08:13|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-26 08:13|| Front Page Top

#15 does Disneyland have a 'see the American hating idiotarian' exhibit

Well Rantburg does

Posted by mhw 2005-05-26 08:16|| 2005-05-26 08:16|| Front Page Top

#16 Perhaps Euroweenie could explain it to me,if America is such a horrid country.Why do we have millions sneaking across the Southern border?
I think a graphic of the 2 vultures sitting on a tree limb,one say's"Patience my ass,I'm gonna kill something",would be appropriate.

Posted by raptor 2005-05-26 08:57|| 2005-05-26 08:57|| Front Page Top

#17 I wasn't aware that Mickey Mouse was the cornerstone of the economy. That's good to know.
There's nothing I find more amusing then when some foreign loser with no clue tries to lecture us on what's wrong with America and what should be done to fix it. And as far as your wish for that "Armageddon" shit goes, be careful what you wish for. We've had to dish out Armagedon before. God help everybody if we're forced into a situation where we have to do it again.

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-26 09:24|| 2005-05-26 09:24|| Front Page Top

#18 I think the belief that Mickey Mouse is the cornerstone of our econmy comes fro the Moonbat Lefties and Demodoinks who have been crying about our "Mickey Mouse Economy for the last 4 years. I have been participating in an on-line straw poll for the past 6 months or so and one of the results published shows a majority (I think around 67%) of people who identify themselves as Democrats have a pessemistic view of the future of the US, the world, and our economy while a majority of Republicans and Independants have a positive outlook. No wonder the Demidoinks lost the last election.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-26 11:59|| 2005-05-26 11:59|| Front Page Top

#19 That's ironic, given the importance of the entertainment industry to their political coalition.

Posted by eLarson 2005-05-26 12:04|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-05-26 12:04|| Front Page Top

#20
Haiku for y'all ...

Al-Zarqari shot
Punctured lung, gangrene, sepsis
Iraq prays for your death.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-05-26 12:08|| 2005-05-26 12:08|| Front Page Top

#21 idiot doesn't read the Financial Times or he wouldn't bother trying to peddle junk about the US economy. He might want to check out the other stories today, including the gloomy ones about the Eurozone.

Or not -- facts are such inconvenient things to idiots.

Posted by too true 2005-05-26 12:26|| 2005-05-26 12:26|| Front Page Top

#22 Myrtle from Shady Grove Resting Place fills in while the accordian lady steps out for a brau with the boys

http://www.queenwords.com/lyrics/songs/sng11_02.shtml

Posted by 2b 2005-05-26 14:36|| 2005-05-26 14:36|| Front Page Top

#23 darn...ah well, if you click the midi file, myrtle will play just for you.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-26 14:38|| 2005-05-26 14:38|| Front Page Top

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