AP story here.
Apparently at least one of the bombs was a VBED in a fuel tanker. No Americans injured.
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August 14th, 2007 04:28 PM #1Fire Bellied Toad
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Four suicide bombers hit Qahataniya in Iraq, killing 175 and wounding 200
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August 14th, 2007 05:16 PM #2Bullfrog
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The link hath failed. I've already read about it though.
We just need to give Iraq more time is all. But on a more serious note, I think Iran is behind a lot of the shit going on in Iraq today. We had some loser kill 32 people here a while back and that was major news. That's a daily event over there. We should just nuke the middle east and be done with this mess. I mean seriously, who wants to look at this shit for another 2000 years?Stranger, observe our laws! We have both swords and shovels and we doubt that anyone would miss you.
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August 14th, 2007 05:42 PM #3Fire Bellied Toad
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Hmm, it did turn into a dead link. I edited a new one in.
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August 14th, 2007 09:02 PM #4Administrator
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Well, we've already been dealing with this shit for at least 5,000 years.Originally posted by Savaric
I mean seriously, who wants to look at this shit for another 2000 years?
Darius, Xerxes, Hannibal, the Crusades.
The West vs. the Middle East is nothing new, unfortunately.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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August 14th, 2007 10:16 PM #5Moderator
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Yeah. But Hannibal did it with style. He took on 83,000 Romans with his 26,000 in an open field and trounced them. Now if he had only made sure to kill Scipio at that battle (And his own country had decided to back him with troops) Roman history might would have been written quite a bit differently.
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August 14th, 2007 11:52 PM #6Bullfrog
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Wow!!We should just nuke the middle east and be done with this mess. I mean seriously, who wants to look at this shit for another 2000 years?
And how would you deal with the blow back from the rest of the global Muslim population?I know you believe you understand what you think I said. But I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant.
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August 15th, 2007 12:10 AM #7Bullfrog
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I suspect that more than just Muslims might react here.
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August 15th, 2007 06:01 AM #8tadpole
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Interesting idea. Useless, but interesting.Originally posted by Savaric
...We should just nuke the middle east and be done with this mess. I mean seriously, who wants to look at this shit for another 2000 years?
As was said before, more than just the muslim people would react.
Also, blowing the middle east to smithereens will also seriously shorten the oil reserves. Oil reserves which also the US badly needs.
Overall, it would hasten the world into a new world order. If that is one we like, and if the US retains its current role in it is at best doubtful.
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August 15th, 2007 11:00 AM #9Administrator
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A much better way to go than nuking the middle east is to eliminate our reliance on foreign oil.
They'd be a much smaller problem if they weren't able to hold oil prices over our heads like a Sword of Damocles.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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August 15th, 2007 11:39 AM #10Fire Bellied Toad
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Considering that it is highly unlikely that we will be divested of our reliance on foreign oil in our lifetime, why don't we just break off relations with the Middle East and start buying from Russia? Surely they're mercenaries enough to appreciate a green harvest of cash money, politics aside.
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Ranging the woods to start a hare,
Come to the mouth of the dark lair
Where, growling low, a fierce old bear
Lies amidst bones and blood.
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