AP/Drudge/MSNBC: "Series of Strong Explosions Heard in Central Baghdad"

MSNBC/Drudge | 11.3.03

[mhking]

That's all we've got; no details yet.

[steveegg]

We've gotta put an end to this crap...where's those low-yield nukes?

I prefer high-yield myself in this case.

[TexKat]

You are welcome.

[Wneighbor]

Will do...but they haven't yet reported where specifically the mortars hit.

Yeah, I'm waiting for a report. I have some idea of where his platoon is quartered. They are very near where the Al Rashid hotel was blasted already.

[Wneighbor]

Thanks for that information. Trying to keep up and get ready to teach a night class at the same time!

[huck von finn]

That's exactly what I am doing too. I hope you hear (good) news soon.

[TexKat]

You are welcome.

[Real Cynic No More]

Mortar Fire is where a terrorist makes some bricks out of clay and straw, hence the name "mortar". They then take a blowtorch and heat the bricks extremely hot til the straw catches fire. Hence the word "fire". Then they take these burning bricks, load them into wheelbarrows, and dump them in a pile in front of a building they wish to burn down.

[veryconernedamerican]

unless the target was someone in the saudi royal family

[TheCrusader]

"Have you ever listened to a hard line Baptist preacher? We're all going to hell unless we repent; we're all lower than dirt because we're sinners; to play cards, dance, drink is sinful behaviour; we aren't worthy."

Have you ever noticed that nobody is forcing us to become Baptists, and that Baptists don't follow a "holy book" that tells them to either convert or kill all non-Baptists?

[kegler4]

Yeah but my point was that some Freepers have also blown it out of proportion. There are people here who are absolutely obsessed with that case.

[ASA Vet]

Double sheesh here!

but assume the creator of the map was just expressing a mental
point that completely getting rid of the ME just might solve the problem...

As the creator of the map, I wasn't expressing any idea at all.
It's a joke.
All the nukes in the world couldn't make my map real.

[mathluv]

I know, and I don't understand it. Same with Kobe, Elizabeth, and Chandra.

[First_Salute]

Yep.