Fisherman in Iraq nets shark 200 km from sea [Local Muslims blame America??]

Reuters ^ | October 30, 2007

[camerakid400]

NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A two-metre shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.

Karim Hasan Thamir said he was fishing with his sons last week when they spotted a large fish thrashing about in his net. "I recognised the fish as a shark because I have seen one on a television programme," he told Reuters.

The shark was pulled from the mouth of an irrigation canal that joins the Euphrates River. The Euphrates joins the Tigris River further east to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway which flows south past Basra into the Gulf.

Dr. Mohamed Ajah, assistant dean of the college of science at Thi Qar University in Nassiriya, said barriers in river estuaries usually prevented sharks swimming upstream.

"In this case, I think this animal was there for a long time but no one had managed to see it," he said.

Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark's presence.

Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water.

"This is very frightening for us. Our children always swim in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I believe that America is behind this matter," said fisherman Hatim Karim.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Here ya go........http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=shark

[FormerACLUmember]

Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water.

And there is a 100% chance that Tahseen Ali is a certifiable moron and/or liar.

Tell please me again why we are helping these IslamoVermin.

[ccmay]

You know what? I wish every Muslim in the world believed that we had the power to send man-eating sharks after them whenever they it suited our purpose. And on land, demons and werewolves and Sasquatches too.

-ccm

[Proud_USA_Republican]

They didn’t blame it on the jooossss????

[camerakid400]

Sry, I forgot to search.

But...the story is so infuriating, its worth a 3rd post.

[wideminded]

A two-metre shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.

200 km is only about 124 miles.

[camerakid400]

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060713T210000-0500_108968_OBS_PARLIAMENT_SPEAKER_BLAMES_IRAQI_VIOLENCE_ON__JEWS_.asp

I’m sure they’ll manage to blame them too.

[sheik yerbouty]

It completely eludes me..

[Proud_USA_Republican]

What I also find interesting is the “75% sure its the americans” number. 75%? I guess the other 25% is “planted by zionist joos”.

[Westlander]

The Jimmy Dean company should be hired to stock their lakes/streams/rivers with entrails.

[ReignOfError]

The irony is that it’s probably Saddam’s fault. He stopped up and re-directed the flow of water along the Shatt-al-Arab over the course of decades, to wipe out the Marsh Arabs. This slowed the flow speed of the Shatt-al-Arab and made it more brackinsh, hence more hospitable to sharks.

[ReignOfError]

You know what? I wish every Muslim in the world believed that we had the power to send man-eating sharks after them whenever they it suited our purpose.

With frickin' laser beams on their heads. Is that too much to ask?

(Swiped from one of the other threads. I don't want to take undeserved credit)

[Nathan Zachary]

""This is very frightening for us. Our children always swim in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I believe that America is behind this matter," said fisherman Hatim Karim."

And American Gi's have x-ray glasses and can see through your wifes burka, and also what tiny penises you have, Hatim Karim.

[Nathan Zachary]

"You know what? I wish every Muslim in the world believed that we had the power to send man-eating sharks after them whenever they it suited our purpose. And on land, demons and werewolves and Sasquatches too."

95% of those illiterate goat herders do! You'd be amazed of the rumors they pass around among each other.

They are almost as bad as the leftist moonbats here in America when it comes to conspiracy theories.

[Nathan Zachary]

"200 km is only about 124 miles."

It's a Rueter's "journalist". Can't expect much from them. They only have grade school education at best.

[Hi Heels]

‘Xactly. AND WE CAN CHANGE THE SUN INTO FLAMES AND THE MOON INTO ICE. FEAR US.....

[Allegra]

Tell please me again why we are helping these IslamoVermin.

Because the majority of Iraqis aren't like that, but the media is doing a good job of making everyone think so.

Reuters published remarks made by two people - very likely the only two who said things like that. That's an old media trick.

[Sarajevo]

Fisherman in Iraq nets shark 200 km from sea [Local Muslims blame America??]

In related news:

Tehran -- Iranian cattle farmer Gofauk Yousef Fukir came upon what appears to be one of the most holy of cow pies ever today while tending his herd. It seems his prize Bull Osama plopped out a turd with an uncanny likeness to the most holy prophet, Mohammed.

"This is no ordinary bullsh*t," insisted Gofauk Yousef. "This sh*t is like something directly from Allah above. It hardly even smells. Well, maybe a little. But I haven't bathed in two years, so who can say, yes?"

A team of Iranian bullsh*tologists, dispatched from Tehran university's religious artifacts division was pulled away from evaluating the booty they plundered from the Iraqi museum during the early days of the Iraq / US war to examine Gofauk Yousef's religious crap. After careful study they confirmed that the cow patty did indeed take on the appearance of manure from heaven.

"Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!!" Gofauk Yousef could be heard calling out to his friends and family, all the while sporting a wide smile befitting someone who had quite literally just stepped in heavenly sh*t, "Pack up the tent. We're going to Disneyland!" This is the profit I've been waiting for from all these years of tending goddamned cows".

[BobS]

"Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water."

No! We don't put sharks anyplace. We throw garbage in the water and go fishing with hand grenades and a net. Please, some guy show her how American guys like to go fishing:) Big noise, get real wet and skim the surface for half cut-up fillets. She gets to clean 'em.