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2007-04-16 Iraq

The Mesopotamian calculates the cost of running the "Insurgency"

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-16 08:16|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This makes some unfortunate assumptions, that can't be backed up with hard data. For example, a stolen car, filled with leftover Baathist munitions, is hardly going to cost $100,000.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-16 09:40|| 2007-04-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not so sure, 'Moose. We've had a lot of stories about stolen car shipments funneled in via Syria, and the Brit sailors were reported to have been investigating a ship filled with stolen cars when the Iranians picked them up. I also presume that these cars have been packed with more munitions than just a random assortment of 5-year-old Baathist leftovers to create the damage they have.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-04-16 10:33|| 2007-04-16 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Are we trying to finger the other oil-rich tate in the region? That'd be ... um ....one the other side of the Persian Gulf from Persia...

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-16 12:59|| 2007-04-16 12:59|| Front Page Top

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