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2005-01-12 Down Under

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-01-12 5:09:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mr Habib, darling, you are screwed. That first parking ticket is going to get you sent back to your birthplace for good.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-12 11:14:08 AM|| 2005-01-12 11:14:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Agree with TW. Marmaduke Haberdashery is screwed if he sneezes, spits on the street or lets his turban come unwrapped. The Australian Ghost Plane Airline Service for him.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-12 11:24:02 AM|| 2005-01-12 11:24:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Mr Habibâs detention and torture of the "most hideous, vile and medieval kind"...

Hmm-so he was treated with the most hideous, vile and medieval torture?

Was he burned alive at the stake? No.
Was he put into an Iron Maiden? No.
Was he flayed alive? No.
Was he impaled? No.
Was he drawn and quartered? No.
Were any of his body parts amputated? No.

If Habib's is the most hideous and vile torture Hopper can imagine, Hopper better travel more, or at least read more.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-01-12 11:43:44 AM|| 2005-01-12 11:43:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 And what of Roman torture, next to which medieval torture was nothing? Habib wasn't roasted alive, crucified, fed to the lions, or bound to a corpse to develop gangrene.

Posted by Korora 2005-01-12 12:37:40 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2005-01-12 12:37:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Was he put into an Iron Maiden? No.

Iron Maiden?

Excellent!!!

Posted by Bill & Ted 2005-01-12 1:10:12 PM|| 2005-01-12 1:10:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "We donât have any apology to offer," Mr Howard said. "We wonât be offering compensation." The Government was advised that Mr Habib had been detained lawfully at Guantanamo Bay, although it told US authorities Mr Habib should either be charged or repatriated, Mr Howard said. "I think the process took too long and we have made that known in very plain terms to the US," he said.

The quote from a leader willing to review what was done and critique, but unwilling to perform full-blown self-flagellation like so many self-hating and neurotically guilty Western leaders. Yea, Prime Minister Howard.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-01-12 1:13:52 PM|| 2005-01-12 1:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Give Bill Clinton a call. He'll apologize for anything in which he personally wasn't involved.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-12 9:49:08 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-12 9:49:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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