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Danes Send SnowPlows to Iraq!!
BBCNews ^ | July 10, 2003

Posted on 07/10/2003 10:54:51 AM PDT by ThomWilkerson

Danes Prepare for Snow in Iraq

Denmark's troops in Iraq may dream of the frost of a Scandinavian winter on days when the temperature rises to a blistering 46 degrees.

But many may have been wondering if the military back home really had to rub it in when a recent supply shipment turned up a snowplough and a stock of salt for icy roads.

Baking in the heat and dust outside Basra, the 380-odd Danes could have been forgiven for thinking the lawnmowers also included in the cargo were a mirage.

"We admit that there were some mistakes made in the shipment of materiel," a military spokesman, Major Jan Brinck, told the AFP news agency.

The mistake appeared "comical", he said, as Danish newspapers were reporting shortages of essential items such as morphine and even stakes for tents for the soldiers stationed at Qurna, 75 kilometres (45 miles) from Basra.

"But we are trying to remedy the shortcomings and are working relentlessly to send the necessary materiel to our men," the spokesman stressed.

He might also have mentioned other reported complaints from troops such as getting bullet-proof vests the wrong size and being assigned ageing military vehicles given a last-minute reprieve from the junkyard.

Defense Minister Svend Aage Jensby has told one Danish paper, Ekstra Bladet, of his displeasure over the mistakes and has promised to put them right.

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/3054625.stm

Published: 2003/07/10 00:05:21 GMT


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: carepackages; danes; denmark; iraq; lawnmowers; oops; rebuildingiraq; snowplows; supplylines
And the UN is demanding that they should be at the forefront of taking care of Iraq???
1 posted on 07/10/2003 10:54:52 AM PDT by ThomWilkerson
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2 posted on 07/10/2003 10:57:48 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: ThomWilkerson
"Crapgame" (aka Don Rickles) would have done a much better job.

FMCDH

3 posted on 07/10/2003 11:07:42 AM PDT by nothingnew (the pendulum swings and the libs are in the pit)
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To: ThomWilkerson
bwahahahahaha

What is the line about selling eskimos snow?

How about selling arabs snow plows and salt?
4 posted on 07/10/2003 11:09:58 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: ThomWilkerson
when the temperature rises to a blistering 46 degrees

Celsius

5 posted on 07/10/2003 11:11:14 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: ThomWilkerson
And the UN is demanding that they should be at the forefront of taking care of Iraq???"

Of Course! They would plow right through their opposition!

NeverGore :^)

6 posted on 07/10/2003 11:12:31 AM PDT by nevergore (Please return your seat trays and seat backs to their full and upright position....)
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To: ThomWilkerson
Surely the lawnmowers aren't completely useless. The troops could organize lawnmower races. That would serve to occupy their leisure time and simultaneously introduce the Iraqis to western ideas.
7 posted on 07/10/2003 11:17:05 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: ThomWilkerson; scholar
Well, this is no time to be ingracious.

...it's the thought that counts.

8 posted on 07/10/2003 11:19:27 AM PDT by Landru
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To: ThomWilkerson
Well, maybe the plows could be used for land mine removal. They got me on lawn mowers, but maybe to create local dust
storms, or to scare away the roving packs of dogs.

Road salt, at least in the US, is mostly calcium carbonate. Its very good at absorbing ammonia [gas], and releasing it at
about 200 deg F. So, they'd be able hack together solar powered icemakers.

9 posted on 07/10/2003 11:50:53 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: nothingnew
LOL!
10 posted on 07/10/2003 11:53:44 AM PDT by MrConfettiMan (Brain tumor survivor since August 19, 2001. Striving, thriving and surviving each and every day.)
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To: celtic gal
Military Supply is the same teh world over

PING

So9

11 posted on 07/10/2003 11:54:44 AM PDT by Servant of the Nine (Real Texicans; we're grizzled, we're grumpy and we're armed)
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To: nothingnew
bump
12 posted on 07/10/2003 12:15:13 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: MrConfettiMan; foreverfree
For that matter, "Oddball" could do as well, with no "negative vibes, man".

FMCDH

13 posted on 07/10/2003 1:08:28 PM PDT by nothingnew (the pendulum swings and the libs are in the pit)
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To: ThomWilkerson
March, 2003:


"...their tanks are burning, they are being slaughtered in the streets, they are bing crushed under our snowplows..."

14 posted on 07/10/2003 1:29:38 PM PDT by SquirrelKing
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To: SquirrelKing
bing = being


15 posted on 07/10/2003 1:39:38 PM PDT by SquirrelKing
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To: SquirrelKing
LOL!!!Priceless!
16 posted on 07/10/2003 2:26:26 PM PDT by NRA2BFree
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To: ThomWilkerson
Hey they can use the rock salt in shotgun shells like they used to do in the old westerns.
17 posted on 07/10/2003 2:46:02 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Landru
...it's the thought that counts.

I bet any amount of money that if we engaged our collective brains, we could recall many similar actions by our oh so brilliant Congressional leaders.

18 posted on 07/10/2003 6:00:02 PM PDT by scholar
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To: Prodigal Son
After I posted the original article, I'm now a bit confused whether the Danes actually sent snow plow(s) or simply snow shovels.

The BBC article showed a picture of a snowplow [snowplough?] (ie a 2-ton truck), yet Reuters @ Yahoo claims they were merely snow shovels.

Anyone know whether what term Brits call a 'snowplough' is either a truck or just a shovel??

19 posted on 07/10/2003 6:08:48 PM PDT by ThomWilkerson (Remember, for EVERY anti-war protester, SADDAM has murdered an equal number of Iraqis.)
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To: ThomWilkerson
Remember that line in Hearbreak Ridge? Clint Eastwood (Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway) is asked by a female officer what he thinks of a deployment excercise where his men were issued all the wrong equipment.

He simply answered, "Clusterfu**, Ma'am."


20 posted on 07/10/2003 6:16:46 PM PDT by gitmo (Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.)
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