[Terriergal]

Thought you'd be interested in this article/thread:

Iraqis Call Shuttle Disaster God's Vengeance

Iraqis Call Shuttle Disaster God's Vengeance
Sat February 1, 2003 02:08 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad on Saturday to the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew -- including the first Israeli in space -- was that its was God's retribution on Americans.

"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said.

"God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said.

Car mechanic Mohammed Jaber al-Tamini noted Israeli air force Colonel Ilan Ramon was among the dead when the shuttle broke up shortly before its return to earth.

"Israel launched an aggression on us when it raided our nuclear reactor without any reason (in 1981), now time has come and God has retaliated to their aggression," Tamini said.

[sweetliberty]

I saw that and expressed my sentiments about these animals. No, I take that back. Animals have more respect. Thank you for the post.

[conservativemusician]

They won't be celebrating long.

[W. W. SMITH]

DEBRIS HITTING WING ON LAUNCH

APU SUPPLIES POWER DURING LANDING

APU SPINS UP ON REENTRY

WHERE IS APU INTAKE?

LOSS OF SENSOR READINGS JUST BEFORE LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS (LOSS OF POWER?)

LOSS OF TELEMETRY FROM LEFT WING BEFORE BREAKUP (AGAIN LOSS OF POWER?)

DEBRIS IN APU INTAKE?

ON SPIN UP OR SHORTLY AFTER, APU EXPLODES DAMAGING WING AND OR HEAT TILES?

RESULT...........LOSS OF SHUTTLE!

[Timesink]

"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said. "God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said.

As I said in the other thread, this means SO MUCH coming from people who are within two to four weeks of being suckerpunched by the Fist of Allah, in the form of the US Armed Forces.

[inquest]

Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad on Saturday to the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew -- including the first Israeli in space -- was that its was God's retribution on Americans.

These Reuters types need brain enemas desperately. Just how the hell were they able to gauge "popular reaction" in a country where wearing the wrong facial expression can win you a free stay in one of Baghdad's finer torture palaces?