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| Apr 12th, 2003 02:50 AM | |
| theapportioner |
Regarding the subject of this thread: http://www.informationclearinghouse....rticle2842.htm  April 6th: Iraqi National Congress founder, Ahmed Chalabi is flown into the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah by the Pentagon. Chalabi, along with 700 fighters of his "Free Iraqi Forces" are airlifted aboard four massive C17 military transport planes. Chalabi and the INC are Washington favorites to head the new Iraqi government. A photograph is taken of Chalabi and members of his Free Iraqi Forces militia as they arrive in Nasiriyah. April 9th: One of the "most memorable images of the war" is created when U.S. troops pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Fardus Square. Oddly enough... a photograph is taken of a man who bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Chalabi's militia members... he is near Fardus Square to greet the Marines. How many members of the pro-American Free Iraqi Forces were in and around Fardus Square as the statue of Saddam came tumbling down? The up close action video of the statue being destroyed is broadcast around the world as proof of a massive uprising. Still photos grabbed off of Reuters show a long-shot view of Fardus Square... it's empty save for the U.S. Marines, the International Press, and a small handful of Iraqis. There are no more than 200 people in the square at best. The Marines have the square sealed off and guarded by tanks. A U.S. mechanized vehicle is used to pull the statue of Saddam from it's base. The entire event is being hailed as an equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling... but even a quick glance of the long-shot photo shows something more akin to a carefully constructed media event tailored for the television cameras. Source: NYC IndyMedia [/img] |
| Apr 11th, 2003 09:41 AM | |
| Skulhedface |
My dad was talking about something like that when I called him and told him about that. He said that you might notice that reporters and the like in Iraq aren't supposed to cross their legs and things like that because the bottom of the foot in Iraq is like flipping someone off here. Incidentally, either I missed this or no one else seemed to notice, but he said that Iraqis were hitting pictures of Saddam and statues with the bottom of their shoes. The effect of which would be like standing in front of a TV camera with your middle finger in a picture of Bush's face. Just a thought. |
| Apr 11th, 2003 03:07 AM | |
| The_Rorschach |
Who says you can't something new everyday? We have had an Iraqi chick in my Sociology class who only decided to reveal her ethnicity today. Anyway, she said the statue riding actually held alot of strong symbolism. Apparantly the foot and ass are considered the most unclean portions of the body, and as such, it is greatly offensive to touch someone with them. By riding the head of Saddam, they were actually paying him the highest form of disrespect. She isn't dark skinned at all, if it weren't for the eastern accent, I would have guessed she was spanish or latino. |
| Apr 11th, 2003 12:08 AM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore |
The Taliban just brutally executed an International Red Cross worker there, hence suspending the Red Cross' relief work there indefinitely. Osama is probably still alive. Al Qaeda is an international network, so if bombing Afghanistan, sending them into sectionalized, tribal conflict, and in reality not getting rid of the Taliban is a good thing to you, then fine, we accomplished something. Like the Loaf said, 2 outta 3 ain't bad. |
| Apr 10th, 2003 01:12 PM | |
| El Blanco |
We accomplished none of our goals? Correct me if I am wrong, but the three main goals went as follows 1) Oust the Taliban- accomplished 2) Shut down the al Queda training camps- accomplished 3) Get Osama- ok, that we are still working on, but we haven't abandon it We are still there trying to rebuild that country, but it isn't easy. anyone who believed it would be is a retard. |
| Apr 10th, 2003 12:49 PM | |
| FS |
I wish I'd gotten a chance to sit on Saddam's face 
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| Apr 10th, 2003 09:05 AM | |
| FartinMowler | Ebay pulled off a false sale of the "SADDAM HEAD" that was priced at $18000. Expensive for a piece of head. |
| Apr 10th, 2003 08:46 AM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore |
Yeah, like when they put the American flag over his head, and people started screaming, so they quickly remembered "oh yeah, "liberation," not "occupation," so they placed the old Iraqi flag there..... Where are the WMD, Ronnie? You'd like everyone to forget all that, I know. Seeing the people celebrate is a good thing. But remember that they also celebrated roughly a year ago in Afghanistan, which by now most are coming to realize, was almost a total failure of a mission. We accomplished none of our goals, and the "liberation" that was promised to compensate for our inability to accomplish anything has not been fulfilled. |
| Apr 10th, 2003 07:57 AM | |
| Ronnie Raygun | That was great footage of the beggining of liberty for the Iraqi people. |
| Apr 9th, 2003 01:13 PM | |
| Middle Eastern Guy |
No, Not All Right!
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| Apr 9th, 2003 12:57 PM | |
| Skulhedface | "THIS IS THE BAD CHARACTER POLICE! SURRENDER NOW AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY" |
| Apr 9th, 2003 12:57 PM | |
| Protoclown | And you are not a funny character. |
| Apr 9th, 2003 12:53 PM | |
| Middle Eastern Guy | Saddam Not Nice Man No! |
| Apr 9th, 2003 12:07 PM | |
| El Blanco | Damn, from the title, I thought this thread would be about Muslim porn. |
| Apr 9th, 2003 11:47 AM | |
| Skulhedface |
IRAQIS RIDE HEAD OF SADDAM I'm watching Fox News, and of course you know they've toppled statues of Saddam Hussein. However, the humor in this situation is that the head of the statue is being pulled along by a chain, and there are Iraqis riding on it like a sled. It's kind of surreal to see that sort of "whimsy" for lack of a better word, on Fox News, even funnier that Saddam's head is now a sled. |
