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Panic at Riyadh airport as cargo of 300 cobras escapes
Agence France-Presse ^ | August 1, 2002

Posted on 08/02/2002 3:29:32 AM PDT by Selmo

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1 posted on 08/02/2002 3:29:32 AM PDT by Selmo
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To: Selmo
They could mingle very easily with the rest of the population, couldn't they?
2 posted on 08/02/2002 3:36:28 AM PDT by Alouette
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3 posted on 08/02/2002 3:37:54 AM PDT by dennisw
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Snakes always return home to where their from.
4 posted on 08/02/2002 3:40:25 AM PDT by cardinal4
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To: Selmo
Carvelle family reunion?
5 posted on 08/02/2002 3:41:02 AM PDT by joesnuffy
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To: cardinal4
Muslim snake alert and humor break. Start your day off with a laugh. Maybe those wacky Wahabbis have some of those snake chuckers in their mosques.
6 posted on 08/02/2002 3:47:21 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: Selmo
Panic hit the Riyadh airport when 300 live poisonous cobras escaped from a passenger's luggage,

Well, if anything could cause a panic, I imagine 300 Cobras spilling out of a guy's suitcase would. Hell, I'd panic. I'd have made 'em a new exit to the place.

7 posted on 08/02/2002 3:50:29 AM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Selmo
Are cobras part of some apocalyptic plague we should know about?
8 posted on 08/02/2002 3:52:43 AM PDT by piasa
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To: dennisw
Photo here
9 posted on 08/02/2002 4:01:08 AM PDT by Alouette
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That's a fake. No forked tongue.
10 posted on 08/02/2002 4:11:13 AM PDT by HangThemHigh
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To: Selmo
I'd pay good money for the video. :)

Kinda have to wonder. What did the moron want with 300 egyptian cobras?

11 posted on 08/02/2002 4:35:50 AM PDT by LibKill
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Well thats one way to keep people from going through your luggage!
12 posted on 08/02/2002 4:40:18 AM PDT by Jeremiah Jr
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To: Selmo
It could have been worse.

What if the cobras had gotten loose when the plane was airborne?

13 posted on 08/02/2002 5:00:11 AM PDT by Ken H
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I want to know why nobody thought it looked peculiar when it was x-rayed in Cairo.
14 posted on 08/02/2002 5:10:33 AM PDT by Physicist
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Mohammad al-Dakheel, head of the airport's customs, said the snakes were killed in cooperation with the ministry of agriculture.

We should stand in a moment of silence with the Saudi ministry of agriculture who killed the cooperating snakes. Three hundred slithering cobras and nobody started snake-dancing in the airport.

15 posted on 08/02/2002 5:40:59 AM PDT by xJones
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To: Prodigal Son
Hell, I'd panic. I'd have made 'em a new exit to the place.

And I would have led the way.

Indiana Jones: "Snakes, I hate snakes.

But this does raise the question of how do you stuff 300 cobras into luggage? Do you fold them neatly and put them between the underwear and the jogging pants? Exactly what fatwa would cover this? There are internet Islamic Q&A websites. In the name of Muhammed, may Allah be pleased with him, how do I pack my snakes?

17 posted on 08/02/2002 5:53:05 AM PDT by xJones
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Very carefully, I should think.
18 posted on 08/02/2002 5:54:42 AM PDT by Ken H
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