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2013-11-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

More than 160 killed as Syrian rebels try to break siege

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Posted by Fred 2013-11-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 OT as usual. Apologies to Dave Bartholemew

A Bashir's dozen dozen ghostly fighters in a tree,
Discussin' things in Syria as they are said to be:
"Brothers, I've heard a rumor, inshallah it isn't true:
Those crazy humans fighting there are just like me and you!
I don't know any ghost like that. No ghost would even try
To fight and kill his fellow ghost. No ghost can ever die.
Another thing I wouldn't do, or I would be a dummy,
Is try to starve some other ghost. What ghost can fill his tummy?
A siege? By ghosts? Oh cut it out, you're gonna make me laugh.
We come and go just as we please, and anyone with half
An empty skull can tell we can't be held by any walls,
So I dismiss this guff about us ghosts involved in brawls."

With this, the ghost fell silent (well, they usually are!)
As on the road beneath the tree some fighters in a car
Passed by to fire upon their foes with clever makeshift arms
While wearing rags and bearing flags inscribed with lucky charms.
Those other Muslims over there were very different folks:
Their tanks bore bigger guns and they ate more and had more smokes.
The only thing they had in common with the other kooks,
Was that they all would get along when they came back as spooks.

Whoa. I didn't intend to go all "Quiet on the Western Front" there. Must have a little jerky in me. [strikes pose]

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-25 06:15|| 2013-11-25 06:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Author! Author! *wild applause*

Posted by trailing wife 2013-11-25 09:30|| 2013-11-25 09:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Well done -- most entertaining....

Posted by Sherry 2013-11-25 14:02|| 2013-11-25 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Hummm....

~~Gr(omgoru~~
~~Pappy~~
~~Sherry~~
~~Trailing Wife~~

Posted by Shipman 2013-11-25 14:55|| 2013-11-25 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Sherry, trailing wife, what can I do but blush -- for real -- and congratulate you on your excellent taste? And suggest you watch your six: it looks like Shipman may be going Louis d'Ascoigne on the burghers of Rant. Hope this scoots in under the deadline. Again, thanks!

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-25 23:52|| 2013-11-25 23:52|| Front Page Top

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