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Romanian Oil Rig Comes Under Iranian Fire
Washington Post ^ | 8/22/06

Posted on 08/22/2006 5:05:04 AM PDT by John999

Edited on 08/22/2006 5:08:53 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Dixie Yooper

maybe change #1 to;

Stop shipping all our scrap iron to Asia, particularly China. Smelt all those used up cars being shipped out of Wilmington, stockpile the iron. Then, skip taking out N.Korea, why bother(?) when all it would do is piss China off something fierce.


141 posted on 08/24/2006 10:17:56 PM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Oh Brother

"I guess the rig was trying to escape so they fired on it."

Apparently this is exactly what was happening.
Read the 'rest of the story' linked in post #20.


142 posted on 08/28/2006 12:45:38 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (PARTY LIKE IT's August 21, 2006 !!!)
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