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Saddam Hussein shooting an arrow with a crossbow in a video showing him and Iraqi military officers demonstrating low-tech weapons.
Posted on 11/29/2006 6:46:09 AM PST by George W. Bush
Saddam Hussein shooting an arrow with a crossbow in a video showing him and Iraqi military officers demonstrating low-tech weapons.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — As the world worried about Saddam Hussein’s quest for nuclear and biological weapons, he took time out to discuss with his top advisers the merits of a decidedly more primitive arsenal: slingshots, Molotov cocktails and crossbows.
In a previously undisclosed video, apparently shot in the months before the American-led invasion in 2003, Mr. Hussein, the Iraqi dictator, beams as military officers display and demonstrate low-tech weapons spread on a table in a ceremonial room. Whether the episode shows genuine preparation for an insurgency or was merely a bizarre propaganda exercise is unclear.
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They keep up that crap, and they won't be able to use rocks, as they'll all be radioactive powder.
insurgency smurgency we should have just kicked tail and
left, let Iran have the leftovers and made deals with them.
That appears as the likely outcome any way.
Of course, the NYT didn't mention the fact that the 1992 agreement that ended Operation Desert Storm specifically stated that Saddam had to dispose of all slingshots at that time. Obviously, the UN inspections missed some.
Hah! I'ld like to see just how long the tubing on that wrist rocket on the table lasts in that climate!!! would have been funny to see vidyah of Saddam gettin wacked in the face by one of those or shootin his own fist,lord knows I'VE been there~
And remember to save the last stone for yourself.
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