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Saddam Nephew Killed in Blast
Scotsman,com ^
| Sun 18 Jan 2004
Posted on 01/18/2004 5:29:29 AM PST by sopwith
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To: BillM
"...and in their haste to attack them had detonated the radio-controlled bomb prematurely."
Sounds like the old cordless door bell trick!
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posted on
01/18/2004 6:58:43 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Sane, and have the papers to prove it!)
To: sopwith; TexKat; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
An explosive device being transported in a car exploded near a U.S. Army patrol, killing two Iraqis in the vehicle including a relative of Saddam Hussein, the military said today. There were no U.S. casualties. The blast in a white Mercedes car happened late on Saturday on a street in the former dictators home town of Tikrit, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division.
It was not a suicide bombing. It was a failed attempt to attack coalition forces and they (the cars occupants) killed themselves, Russell said.
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Good news, ping!
To: sopwith
I'd be almost willing to bet someone OUTSIDE the car decided to kill 2 birds with 1 stone,and used his own radio detonator: the oncoming troops being only a secondary target to him.
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posted on
01/18/2004 7:12:45 AM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: Dave278
"Not only that I bet they are also running pretty low on virgins by now." Well, at least they will always have raisins. :o)
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posted on
01/18/2004 7:53:00 AM PST
by
USF
To: sopwith
My favorite things in life-a cold beer on a hot day, a good tax return and a terrorist who blows himself up instead of innocent people. Life doesn't get any better than this.
To: sopwith
Premature denotation. Don't they have medication for that?
To: LoudRepublicangirl
Detonation that is.
To: sopwith
Holding the bomb in his lap? Are you kidding me?
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posted on
01/18/2004 8:06:30 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
To: sopwith
Let's tally up the score here for a sec . . .
Didn't So-Dumb try to assassinate someone when he was a pup? Depending on which story you believe, he either shot himself or got caught in a crossfire with his co-murderer-wannabes. Either way, not very smart.
Then Uday and Qusay decide they want to reenact the OK Corral against the baddest warriors on the planet . . . this after a lifetime spent bullying the weak. Some call that justice . . . Allah-rest their murderous souls.
Now So-Dumb's nephew decides to give himself a vasectomy with some C-4.
It appears that those from the Hussein gene pool were short-changed when Allah divvied up the courage and intelligence genes.
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posted on
01/18/2004 8:17:25 AM PST
by
geedee
(All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.)
To: LoudRepublicangirl
My favorite things in life-a cold beer on a hot day, a good tax return and a terrorist who blows himself up instead of innocent people.I believe there is a song along these lines except that it features whiskers on kittens, blue satin sashes, and snowflakes which interfer with one's vision rather than the items you have mentioned.
However, your version is not bad.
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posted on
01/18/2004 8:42:45 AM PST
by
aBootes
To: AnAmericanMother
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posted on
01/18/2004 8:55:24 AM PST
by
Ex-Dem
(-_-)
To: Joe Bonforte
What a shame. Not.
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posted on
01/18/2004 8:56:43 AM PST
by
hershey
To: sopwith
detonated the radio-controlled bomb prematurely. With all our sophisticated electronics warfare capability, couldn't we divine the trigger signal profiles for IEDs and sporadically emit trigger signals? Even if the bombers use some sort of time delay inhibitor, this would have the effect of popping off a lot of stuff harmlessly. (Even better when it's in the lap of the perp.) Also, once the trigger signal is profiled, use radio location to pinpoint and capture/destroy the bombers.
To: sopwith
From all these accidents, it sounds like they have poorly-written bomb-making manuals. Something like, "connect the red wire to the white wire...
but first disconnect the battery..." KABOOM!
I wonder how long it will take the left to identify the social inequalities among the suicide bombers. Some suicide bombers have to carry bombs on their person because they can't afford a car. Some bombers can only afford to use old cars and trucks. Only a few, rich, suicide bombers get to blow themselves up in a Mercedes. Where is the social justice when only a few of the terrorists get to die in luxury? /sarcasm
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posted on
01/18/2004 9:12:57 AM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(Lurking since 1997!)
To: Ex-Dem
That's the one! :-p LOL!
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posted on
01/18/2004 10:29:57 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
To: aBootes
I believe there is a song along these lines ... Faster horses,
Younger women,
Older whiskey,
and more harmlessly self-immolating terrorists!
... with apologies to Tom T. Hall ...
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posted on
01/18/2004 10:33:43 AM PST
by
umbagi
(When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.)
To: geedee
Didn't So-Dumb try to assassinate someone when he was a pup?His first real job, at age 17, was as a hit man for the Ba'ath Party. He successfully assassinated a number of people.
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posted on
01/18/2004 10:33:47 AM PST
by
squidly
(Money is inconvenient for them: give them victuals and an arse-clout, it is enough.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Explosives are dangerous ~ Bump!
Be Well ~ Be Armed ~ Be Safe ~ Molon Labe!
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posted on
01/18/2004 10:34:37 AM PST
by
blackie
To: sopwith
Russell said one of the two men killed was a nephew of one of Saddams brothers, and was carrying a homemade bomb comprised of artillery shells and plastic explosives in his lap that detonated prematurely, killing him instantly and fatally wounding the drive Rest In Pieces.
To: sd-joe
bump on that.
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posted on
01/18/2004 10:53:32 AM PST
by
sopwith
(don't tread on me)
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