Posted on 12/03/2004 7:31:05 AM PST by Squawk 8888
An Iraqi sheik claims Allah sent giant spiders to the town of Fallujah to help its residents fend off attacks by U.S. military forces.
Sheik Mahdi Saleh Al-Sumide'i spoke to Syrian TV on Monday, claiming several Arab television stations videotaped the helpful arachnids.
The interview is featured on the website of the Middle East Media Research Institute TV Monitor Project, or MEMRI TV. The organization translated the conversation into English.
"They [the Americans] attacked Fallujah and tried to cause great damage to its residents," he explained. "They destroyed mosques and homes, killed women, children and youths, and spread corruption in Fallujah. Nevertheless, we believe that Allah protects the believers, and indeed, Allah stood beside Fallujah, and I'd like to mention some miracles Allah performed in Fallujah. It is possible that the media does not know about them."
Continued Al-Sumide'i: "The first miracle that occurred in Fallujah took the form of spiders that appeared in the city – each spider larger than this chair, or about the size of this chair. The American soldiers left, holding the legs of this spider, and I too, in one of the Friday sermons, held up a spider, with all its magnitude, in front of the satellite channels and in front of the world. This spider also had thin black hair. If this hair touches the human body, within a short period of time the body becomes black or blue, and then there is an explosion in the blood cells in the human body - and the person dies."
The sheik's interviewer then asked about the alleged TV coverage: "The people saw it, but the TV stations did not air it?"
Responded Al-Sumide'i: "The people saw it and the TV stations indeed aired it. I held the spider, and there were between 13 to 15 TV stations, including Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera, Al-Majd, Dubai, Abu-Dhabi and other stations, and they saw it with their own eyes."
Some Arab Internet sites have repeated claims of Iraqis about the spiders, and there also are stories circulating of phantom white-robed knights on white horses sent by Allah that killed U.S. Marines in battle.
In a statement reminiscent of Saddam Hussein's spokesman, "Baghdad Bob," the sheik claimed the U.S. was underestimating the number of American casualties in Iraq by a factor of 100.
"Today, if a hundred Americans are killed, they say there was one casualty," he said, "and if dozens of tanks were blown up, they say one was blown up. No one will notice the losses caused to the American forces until they return to their bases – if they return, and in my opinion they will not return – but if they return, the world will see and the American people will see the number of losses."
Al-Sumide'i claimed there were mass graves in Iraq filled with the bodies of American forces.
"A mass grave was created in a desert area near the Saudi boarder for the American soldiers killed. There is also a lake near Al-Sa'diya. The Americans place the casualties inside white or black bags, seal them and toss them from a plane into the lake."
"Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard. Thorazine Cluster Bomb needed in Ward I."
Their bites are not felt due to the anesthesia and then they hide in the person's drawers, sucking the flesh from the oozing wound.
I though you were describing Mark Morford!
Please do. I did not make it, I found it on the net and started using it. I still laugh everytime I see it too.
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Looks like they discovered a new species of iraqnid.
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A lot of good it's done! I suppose that renders "Allah's power" to the trash heap, eh.
No doubt said with a serious look and demeanor.... removing his glasses like he just made brillient point to the "rubes"...
And a coupla of the shieks bodyguards with AK-47's "guarding" the listeners from "them there" spiders"...
CAUTION;...
When dealing with Bull Shiites or Cow Shiites its best to remember your dealing with Shiites.....
The sheik's interviewer then asked about the alleged TV coverage: "The people saw it, but the TV stations did not air it?"
Heh heh... I don't think the homicide bombers are the only ones hopped up on opiates... even the media in Islamic countries are questioning these morons.
Iraqin you oughta!
Well, at least one person got my Wild Wild West reference. The problem is, they just don't make enough giant spider movies!
The sad thing is that those poor, stupid, backward people will actually believe this.
Really a solfugid - an Arachnid related to spiders but not a spider. Solfugids lack venom glands which all spiders have, and don't use webs. They run down their prey and kill them with the strongest jaws in the animals kigdom (relatively speaking).
And they're nowhere near the size suggested by the photograph, are they? I believe the photo uses some clever cropping and lens work to make them appear huge.
I beg to differ on this point. Giant spiders could build webs that would not only defeat the giant ants, but serve as a source of protein -- should such a showdown occur. And, yes, while I am well aware of ants' (giant or otherwise) unlikely strength in relation to body mass, I believe the webs spun by similarly super-sized spiders would hold.
Unfortunately, the liberal biased moguls of Hollywood have studiously avoided imagining such a showdown. What precisely are they afraid of?
Right.
"If you find a bug-hole...Nuke it!"
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