Iraqi Information Minister Reports on SARS Outbreak!

Iraqi News Service ^ | 4/24/2003 | Naqib Zuhayr Sa'b Hassan

[InShanghai]

Iraqi Information Minister Reports on SARS Outbreak

Thursday, April 24, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq-Baghdad Bob is back and he is speaking about SARS and the effects it is causing on the war. The Iraqi News Service has a pirated feed from an undisclosed location that is jamming regular broadcasts. The Iraqis are scrambling to buy face masks and vinegar. Saddam's small circle of supporters have begun disinfecting everything. Quarantines have been put into action to control the outbreak from spreading further through the bomb shelter.

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[jagrmeister]

This is not Late Breaking News. The title is deceptive. There is no mention that the post is facetious. It should be moved out of Late Breaking News and into Humor. Sorry for being blunt; the miscategorization was likely a mistake.

[tessalu]

That post does not belong here or anywhere else.

[aristeides]

Some people here need to develop a sense of humor.

[jagrmeister]

"Some people" need to discover why we have categories. They are there for a reason. Do everyone a favor and put the post in the right one.

[InShanghai]

Look guys, this was posted under Political Humor/Cartoons. I think the whole SARS situation is serious and that we all need to keep our wits about it. I thought this was funny so I posted it. Sorry if anyone was offended, but I'm right here in the thick of it and there's nothing like a little humor to lighten the situation up.

The WHO is holding a press conference now on what's happening in Shanghai. They're basically saying that Shanghai has not had so many cases because the situation here is 'lucky'. I'm not buying it. I know that an employee at our factory has told me that an apartment next to his has been quarantined; no one in or no one out. It's serious.