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2004-03-10 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-10 12:32:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The Wana region is like a ship, and weâre all on board"

LOL!. I have no idea WTF this guys thinks he was saying.

I can shout, don't hear you! Lol...

Posted by .com 2004-3-10 1:10:39 AM|| 2004-3-10 1:10:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Define irony: some putz in a landlocked country drawing an analogy between said country and a ship.

"Florida is like a glacier, and we're all ... um ... drifting."

Posted by Another Dan (formerly Dan, not Darling) 2004-3-10 3:00:03 AM|| 2004-3-10 3:00:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Must have listened to Yellow Submarine during last week's hash-fest.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-10 4:49:06 AM|| 2004-3-10 4:49:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ummm... Pakistan is not a landlocked country. The Wana region might be, but Pakistan has a southern coast on the Indian Ocean.

Afghanistan is landlocked however.

Posted by Ben 2004-3-10 5:06:19 AM|| 2004-3-10 5:06:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "All your jirgas are belong to us"

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-3-10 10:08:34 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:08:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Undoubtedly I missing a lot of information re: the hunt for OBL, but I can't help wondering when he get cornered every news agency in the universe writes about the US strategy for trapping him. Why this tipoff? Part of the strategy? Wondering? Chine

Posted by Chiner 2004-3-10 6:59:41 PM|| 2004-3-10 6:59:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "The Wana region is like a ship, and weâre all on board"

Meaning that if they didn't cooperate with the guys in charge, they'd find themselves becoming metaphorical shark-bait.

Posted by Pappy 2004-3-10 8:35:34 PM|| 2004-3-10 8:35:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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