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Iraq: Foreigners threatening mosque
CNN ^ | 8/15/04 | CNN

Posted on 08/15/2004 4:31:56 PM PDT by wagglebee

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Twenty-five heavily armed foreigners holed up inside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday in a written statement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; islam; najaf
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To: sgtbono2002

25 Iranian judo champs hiding from a fair fight


41 posted on 08/15/2004 5:14:46 PM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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To: wagglebee

Believe it or not but DEBKA said this was happening (they attributed it to Sadr) about three days ago.


42 posted on 08/15/2004 5:15:17 PM PDT by don'tbedenied
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To: Viet-Boat-Rider
I think that we should herd them into the Mosque, then fill it with liquid nitrogen and FREEZE it. Then let it thaw out and we can carry out the bodies.

It works on termites.

43 posted on 08/15/2004 5:15:43 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: claudiustg

I'm make it genuinely holey! And if we have to rebuild it, make sure it's wired so we can monitor every word that goes on in the new one.


44 posted on 08/15/2004 5:19:36 PM PDT by holyscroller
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To: kittymyrib
It was Fentanyl that was aerosolized A very powerfull synthetic narcotic. Inhale a couple of milligrams and you will take the big sleep.
45 posted on 08/15/2004 5:20:13 PM PDT by cpdiii ( Oil field trash ( and proud of it) turned pharmacist.)
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To: liz44040

The way I see it .....kicking the media out can only be for a limited time....before they start screaming bloody murder to be allowed back in........so it will go down fairly quickly. Fox reported at the top of the hour news break.....fighting was going on around the shrine as I type. Nighttime ops......we own the night.


46 posted on 08/15/2004 5:27:14 PM PDT by Dog ( Attention: Everyone check their briefcase for their "magic" secret agent hat... That is all.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

If it is rigged with explosives, let's just bomb it from 20000 ft and claim the jokers blew themselves up.

My thoughts exactly.


47 posted on 08/15/2004 5:28:22 PM PDT by taxesareforever
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To: Jet Jaguar

you may be on to something ;^)


48 posted on 08/15/2004 5:28:24 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: wagglebee
The new government of Iraq wishes to announce that the Holy Mosque may or may not be found tomorrow to be a pile of matchsticks, but that if it is, the bad guys did it.

We announce this to keep everyone informed, since reporters have been evacuated for their own protection.

49 posted on 08/15/2004 5:28:24 PM PDT by Nick Danger (www.swiftvets.com)
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To: sgtbono2002

As I recall, that mosque is supposed to be the burial place of Ali, the son-in-law of Mohammed, and the father of the Shiite branch of Islam. I don't know much about it, but we read everyday that most Iraqis are Shiite. I don't think it would be wise to blow up that particular mosque. No idea what the consequences would be -- the only thing I'm sure of is that it would be easier to do it than to undo it. I suspect we'd shortly be living in a different world.


51 posted on 08/15/2004 5:31:21 PM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: elhombrelibre
EX ACT LY !!!!!!!!!!!! Bingo - Anyone who's EVER SEEN GOLDFINGER knows what to do here!!!!!!!

Thank you!

53 posted on 08/15/2004 5:31:30 PM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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To: wagglebee

I think I read something about an electronic transmitter Israel used on the bombers. Remember the signs around construction sites that were using explosives? "Turn OFF all radios! It's time to TURN ON ALL OF THE RADIOS!!!!!


54 posted on 08/15/2004 5:31:41 PM PDT by Not a 60s Hippy
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To: kittymyrib

ANOTHER idea we 'ol Goldfinger lovers thought of while watching the TV - great minds! Excellent post.


55 posted on 08/15/2004 5:32:44 PM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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To: P-Marlowe

;-) LOL


56 posted on 08/15/2004 5:33:33 PM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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To: liz44040

Was that Iraqi blogger....or fogger ? (couldn't resist)


57 posted on 08/15/2004 5:34:12 PM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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To: cpdiii

Actually it was almost certainly Carfentanil
(a Fentanyl analog of far greater potency) that
was used...

It is 10,000 times as potent per mg than morphine.


58 posted on 08/15/2004 5:34:27 PM PDT by Bobalu (This is not the tag line you are looking for.....move along (waves hand))
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To: wagglebee
have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, .....well, OK. That's nice.

I recommend we attack it from afar! :-)

60 posted on 08/15/2004 5:34:55 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (If only hamsters could vote.......)
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