Jordan arrests two suspected al-Qaeda members involved in assassination of U.S. diplomat

AFP via Babelfish translation ^ | December 14, 2002

[Peach]

Great news. Maybe President Bush can cross a few more names off his checklist!

[Larry381]

"They have both summer stopped"

If these two maniacs have really stopped summer then no punishment is too severe-I really like the summer.

[Thinkin' Gal]

the two marked ones acknowledged the crime

Wow, good thing they weren't running around unmarked.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Here's more of that "nothing" that is being accomplished in the terror war. I'll bet Tommy Douchle is rueing the day he said that on-record.

[dighton]

Bump for babelfish and "eight balls in the garden."

[yonif]

Yeah, but they let loose terrorists that attack Israel.

[cake_crumb]

"Its accomplice, Jordanian, Yasser Fathi Ibrahim, awaited it in the car."

Gotta love Babelfish...sometimes ironic, blackly humorous thruths are revealed.

I hope that Jordan will extradite "it" and "it's accomplice" immediately. As much as I respect King Abdullah, I'll feel a lot better when we have them in our hands....no chance of escape, and we can give 'em the death penalty...preferably by bindind them, gagging them and stuffing their heads into the opened carcass of a dead pig until they SUFFOCATE. But the electric chair will do. We can film their executions and send a copy of the tape to Al Jazeera, the bin Laden Propaganda Network.

[Kay Soze]

With the Aduluts in charge: one by every freek-en one they will ALL be hunted,disrutped and caught.

[aculeus]

Le diplomate américain, responsable à l'Agence internationale pour le développement (USAID), avait été assassiné le 28 octobre de huit balles dans le jardin de son domicile à Amman alors qu'il s'apprêtait à monter dans sa voiture pour se rendre à son bureau.

Did they mean on October 28 at 8PM in the garden ... ? I've read lots of French and never heard time referred to as "balles". Or -- I've got it? -- do they mean he took eight bullets (balles)?

[csvset]

The perps

Hope for better pics soon.

[dighton]

My first thought was balls = bullets, but I don't know French.

[aculeus]

My first thought was balls = bullets, but I don't know French.

You're probably right but usually "de" means "of" not by ("par") or "with" ("avec").

[Moose4]

In his declaration with the AFP the minister identified the two men: "the principal defendant is the Libyan Salem Saad Salem Ben Soued, who shot at Laurence Foley. Its accomplice, Jordanian, Yasser Fathi Ibrahim, awaited it in the car. They have both summer stopped ".

Summer! Say it isn't so! :)

Ah, gotta love Babelfish.

}:-)4

[Hipixs]

Yasser Fathi Ibrahim (L) and Salem Saad bin Sweid are pictured in these Jordanian government photos released December 14, 2002. Jordan said it had arrested two members of the militant al Qaeda network in the assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in October. (Petra via Reuters)

[csvset]

Thanks. These AQ types are probably looking for similar "soft" targets all over the world.

[cake_crumb]

Oh MAN...if I had eaten lunch, the sight of those...those...two...would have made me lose it.

They ALL seem to look like that. Adding credence to my personal theory that the ugliest apemen on Earth are purposely recruited to terrorist rings because it's OBVIOUS that things like THOSE are so desperate, those fictional 72 virgins are the only chance they will ever have of losing their OWN virginity.

I'm going out for a beer....I need to wash those images from my eyes.

[Hugin]

The smokin' out and huntin' down continues.

[summer]

LOL...

[general_re]

Or -- I've got it? -- do they mean he took eight bullets (balles)?

That's the only way it makes much sense to me - I had to reach for the dictionary on that one ;)

balle

Nom féminin

(a)

(Sport) ball; ~ de tennis tennis ball; lancer la ~ to serve; renvoyer la ~ to return the ball (à qn, to sb); (fig) to answer back (à qn, to sb); jouer à la ~ to play ball; faire quelques ~s to have a warm-up, have a knock-up; (fig) prendre la ~ au bond to jump at the chance; (fig) la ~ est dans votre champ the ball's in your court

(b)	bullet; ~ plastique/traçante plastic/tracer bullet; ~ de fusil rifle bullet; ~ perdue/morte stray/spent bullet; à l'épreuve des ~s bulletproof; les trous que les ~s ont fait dans le mur the bulletholes in the wall; (Vulg) trou de ~ arsehole (Vulg)

(c)	chaff, husk of wheat; (Slang) peau de ~ sod-all, damn-all

(d)	bale of hay, cotton

(e)	(Slang) franc; t'as pas dix ~s? (said by a friend) have you got a quid on you?; (said by a tramp) have you got any spare change?, can you spare any change?