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U.S. accused of dropping booby-trap pens
Reuters
| 4/02/03
Posted on 04/02/2003 6:31:08 AM PST by kattracks
Wednesday April 2, 7:29 PM U.S. accused of dropping booby-trap pens
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's information minister has accused U.S.-led invasion forces of dropping booby-trapped pens and pencils on Iraqi villages.
In his latest allegations that U.S. and British air forces were deliberately targeting Iraqi civilians, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told a news conference: "This will be very astonishing to you. They have started sending down bombs on Iraqi villages.
"Do you know what these booby traps are? They are pens and pencils," he said, holding aloft what looked like a black ballpoint pen. "We told our people to avoid them and we confiscated them."
U.S. commanders have said they are doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boobytraps; iraqifreedom
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:31:08 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
April fool's day was yesterday Kat.
2
posted on
04/02/2003 6:32:03 AM PST
by
CFW
To: kattracks
The more desperate they get, the more creative they get. This one is downright funny.
3
posted on
04/02/2003 6:32:59 AM PST
by
EggsAckley
(A little more Shock and Awe, please. A little less Shuck and Jive.)
To: kattracks
They are going to look mighty foolish when we start dropping crossword puzzles
4
posted on
04/02/2003 6:33:26 AM PST
by
KansasCanadian
(Living the American Dream)
To: kattracks
Any chance we can drop some of those on the media pool in Qatar?
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:33:28 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: EggsAckley
lol -- this sounds like something straight out of Orion
To: kattracks
And what do these "booby-trapped" pens and pencils do exactly??
"This will be very astonishing to you."
That's one way to put it.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:34:53 AM PST
by
veronica
(On to Baghdad...)
To: kattracks
If they keep this up, soon their credibility will be as low as CNN's.
To: kattracks
This is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Thanks.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:35:21 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: kattracks
The pen is mightier then the sword...
To: kattracks
Must be some good khat they're smoking (or chewing).
To: EggsAckley
Re:
This one is downright funny. Agreed. Too funny. :)
12
posted on
04/02/2003 6:36:19 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(288,007,154 Americans did not protest the war today)
To: All
HAHA!
Sounds like the Iraqi's are getting their info from the palastinkians. You know... the ones who accuse Israel of using arab childrens blood to make Jewish pastries.
HAHA. Idiots.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:37:10 AM PST
by
CygnusXI
(n00b)
To: GraniteStateConservative
"We told our people to avoid them and we confiscated them." I'll have to try this at my office. That way everyone will leave my pens alone. I'll have ALL the pens. hee, hee, hee.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:37:25 AM PST
by
CFW
To: kattracks
ALL YOUR PENCILS ARE BELONG TO US!
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Zig...for great justice!
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:38:31 AM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: kattracks
""Do you know what these booby traps are? They are pens and pencils," he said, holding aloft what looked like a black ballpoint pen. "We told our people to avoid them and we confiscated them." It seems as if Iraqi's needs the pens and pencils to write the surrender documents.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:38:56 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If I could get a degree in trivia, I would have my Doctorate!)
To: kattracks; Thinkin' Gal
Wot, no poison candy?
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:39:00 AM PST
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
To: BureaucratusMaximus
SOMEONE SET UP US THE BOMB!
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:39:50 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If I could get a degree in trivia, I would have my Doctorate!)
To: CFW
LOL...
19
posted on
04/02/2003 6:40:07 AM PST
by
veronica
(On to Baghdad...)
To: kattracks
"...and they shall beat their pens into ploughshares..."
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:41:13 AM PST
by
Consort
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