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News Conference Ends in Melee as Press Refuses To Pay Islamists (A must read for humor ROTFLMAO)
The Wall Street Journal
| August 16,2002
| Marc Champion
Posted on 08/16/2002 7:50:01 AM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: tom paine 2
Those welfare checks they're getting aren't enough, obviously. ROFL! Thanks for the post; this is a real knee-slapper, as advertised.
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posted on
08/16/2002 7:52:09 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
To: tom paine 2; dighton
Now THAT sounds like something out of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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To: tom paine 2
"Move tighter together lads," said one journalist. "We're going to charge them 60 quid [pounds] each to get out."I like this reporter's style!
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posted on
08/16/2002 7:54:36 AM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: tom paine 2
By the end of a two-hour standoff, in which the Islamist leaders were left to talk among themselves, the atmosphere was hostile. A polite hotel request for the 40 or 50 journalists to make room for the Islamists to make a quick exit was met with laughter. "Move tighter together lads," said one journalist. "We're going to charge them 60 quid [pounds] each to get out."
Finally, the doors to the Stockholm Suite burst open: "We're coming through!" cried a man in sunglasses, and a band of about 20 young Muslim men charged the journalists in an attempt to punch through, only to become entangled in television camera wires. A heavy couch was pulled across the hotel lobby. The doors to the hotel were jammed with bodies as Al-Muhajiroun followers tried to block beefy cameramen inside the hotel, while getting out themselves.
As the Islamist leaders finally leapt into waiting Vauxhall Cavalier cars, their young followers slammed the doors, banged on the roofs and shouted: "Go! Go! Go!" There was to be no fatwah, and "absolutely no comment!" shouted one of the young men.
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That last part is the funniest part, IMO. Very well written. I can see the melee clearly as I read it.
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posted on
08/16/2002 7:55:16 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
To: tom paine 2
The Islamists wanted to charge a £30 (47) entry fee... They want a person to pay to listen to their fanatic propaganda? Get real.
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posted on
08/16/2002 7:56:10 AM PDT
by
Pern
To: tom paine 2
"a one-eyed Egyptian-born cleric who has a metal hook in place of a hand"
Arrr!</Pirate Voice>
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posted on
08/16/2002 7:56:21 AM PDT
by
Spruce
To: BlueLancer
"Mr. Choudary twice tried to save face. First he offered to accept business cards and invoice the media organizations later. No dice. Then he cracked the door of the conference room to offer: "Sheikh Omar said that if any of you declare the Shahada [convert to the Muslim faith], you are welcome to come in -- or else pay £30." Again, no takers. Nor was anyone buying Al-Muhajiroun's propaganda videos at £5 and £10 apiece."
This was hilarious! "Ok my final offer, buy one carpet, get half-off the second carpet, and I'll throw in some camel fragrance for free."
To: tom paine 2
A polite hotel request for the 40 or 50 journalists to make room for the Islamists to make a quick exit was met with laughter. "Move tighter together lads," said one journalist. "We're going to charge them 60 quid [pounds] each to get out."ROFLMAO! Oh now this was perfect!
To: tom paine 2
Sheikh Omar Bakri "Buffet Buster" Mohammed's Al-Muhajiroun Mr. Bakri was followed by Sheikh Abu Hamza Al-Masri, a one-eyed Egyptian-born cleric who has a metal hook in place of a hand
He was a one-eyed, one-hook, flying purple people eater....
To: Spruce
"a one-eyed Egyptian-born cleric who has a metal hook in place of a hand"Arrr!</Pirate Voice>
"He was a one-eyed, one-hand, lyin' turbaned sheeple leader..."
To: RikaStrom
The whole thing was perfect. Hope there is some video. LOL
To: Enterprise
"Sheikh Omar said that if any of you declare the Shahada [convert to the Muslim faith], you are welcome to come in -- or else pay £30." Again, no takers.Ummm. How about one and six and we get to set you on fire.
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posted on
08/16/2002 8:07:05 AM PDT
by
tet68
To: tom paine 2
Traditionally in order to ensure a packed house of journalists one only has to offer free booze. Guess the turban boys can't do that...
To: MarineDad
"He was a one-eyed, one-hand, lyin' turbaned sheeple leader..."LOL! Now I'll have the song stuck in my head all day.
To: wimpycat; dighton; Orual; aculeus
Finally, the doors to the Stockholm Suite burst open: "We're coming through!" cried a man in sunglasses, and a band of about 20 young Muslim men charged the journalists in an attempt to punch through, only to become entangled in television camera wires. A heavy couch was pulled across the hotel lobby. The doors to the hotel were jammed with bodies as Al-Muhajiroun followers tried to block beefy cameramen inside the hotel, while getting out themselves I want video. Video, video, video. This sounds absolutely priceless...
To: Pern
Additional evidence that the Muslim world is totally out of touch with reality and the modern world. Perhaps they should go back to the deserts and their tents of the 10th century. Surely they have not acquired the skills required to live in such a sophisticated environment as London.
To: Enterprise
Don't forget the goats.
To: tom paine 2
Isn't Multiculturalism grand?
In all seriousness, these "Islamists" should have been taken outside, lined up against a wall, and shot.
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