Posted on 04/05/2003 1:28:28 PM PST by mylife
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition forces are not making the progress they tout and have lost more troops and equipment than they admit, Iraq's information minister said Wednesday.
Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said that U.S.-led forces have not crossed the Tigris River and are not approaching Baghdad. But they have lost significant numbers of troops and equipment, he said.
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Lie together
...and if anyone has seen my French-made beret please return it at once, my scalp is chilly.
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The minister also said that coalition forces were throwing booby traps in the form of pens and pencils into Iraqi villages and townships.
"The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils because they are booby traps," he said, adding that the British and American forces were "immoral mercenaries" and "war criminals" for such behavior.
"I am not talking about the American people and the British people," he said. "I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children."
ARTHUR: I have no quarrel with you, good Sir knight, but I must cross this bridge. BLACK KNIGHT: Then you shall die. ARTHUR: I command you as King of the Britons to stand aside! BLACK KNIGHT: I move for no man. ARTHUR: So be it! [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's left arm off after a short battle] ARTHUR: Now stand aside, worthy adversary. BLACK KNIGHT: 'Tis but a scratch. ARTHUR: A scratch? Your arm's off! BLACK KNIGHT: No, it isn't. ARTHUR: Well, what's that then? BLACK KNIGHT: I've had worse. ARTHUR: You liar! BLACK KNIGHT: Come on you pansy! [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's right arm off] ARTHUR: Victory is mine! [kneeling] We thank thee Lord, that in thy merc- [Black Knight kicks Arthur in the head while he is praying] BLACK KNIGHT: Come on then. ARTHUR: What? BLACK KNIGHT: Have at you! ARTHUR: You are indeed brave, Sir knight, but the fight is mine. BLACK KNIGHT: Oh, had enough, eh? ARTHUR: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left. BLACK KNIGHT: Yes I have. ARTHUR: Look! BLACK KNIGHT: Just a flesh wound. [Headbutts Arthur in the chest] ARTHUR: Look, stop that. BLACK KNIGHT: Chicken! Chicken! ARTHUR: Look, I'll have your leg. Right! [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's leg off] BLACK KNIGHT: Right, I'll do you for that! ARTHUR: You'll what? BLACK KNIGHT: Come 'ere! ARTHUR: What are you going to do, bleed on me? BLACK KNIGHT: I'm invincible! ARTHUR: You're a loony. BLACK KNIGHT: The Black Knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on then. [ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's other leg off] BLACK KNIGHT: All right; we'll call it a draw. ARTHUR: Come, Patsy. BLACK KNIGHT: Oh, oh, I see, running away, 'eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!
Sounds like another famous denial:
"I'm just going to say this one more time. I did not have sexual relations, with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky..."
Well, my position
is that if Jordon wants to
send them to Iraq,
then somehow there must
be something Iraq can do
with them that's naughty.
UN denies Iraqi pencil ban
"The United Nations has rejected suggestions that its sanctions against Iraq include a ban on the import of pencils.
The denial came shortly after the arrival in Iraq of millions of pencils donated by Jordanians as part of a campaign against the economic embargo.
UN spokesman in Baghdad George Somerwill said pencils had been coming in plentiful quantities, and he was unaware of any ban on them.
The delivery of over three million pencils in a convoy of vehicles was organised by a non-government group in Jordan, which said it had received overwhelming popular support for the move.
It was hailed as part of a sanctions-busting campaign.
Traditional ties
Jordanians have traditionally close ties with the Iraqi people and some are impatient with Arab leaders for supporting the UN economic embargo.
On Sunday, about 100 vehicles accompanied a delegation to the Iraqi border. The two trucks carrying the pencils crossed to Baghdad later in the day. ..."
To paraphrase Col. Hunt..."We need to fly a cruise missle through his window."
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