I’m on vacation on the Greek island of Paros so blogging will be very slow until I’m back in Jerusalem on Monday. In the meantime, there’s this latest sign that the Iraq adventure is going swell:
BASRA, Iraq, July 11, 2007 (AFP) - The Iraqi port city of Basra, already prey to a nasty turf war between rival militia factions, has now been gripped by a new fear — a giant badger stalking the streets by night.
Local farmers have caught and killed several of the beasts, but this has done nothing to dispel rumours of a bear-like monster that eats humans and was allegedly released into the area by British forces to spread panic.
“I was sleeping at night when this strange animal hit me on my head. I have not seen such an animal before. My husband hurried to shoot it but it was as swift as a deer,” said Suad Hassan, a 30-year-old housewife.
“It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey. It runs so quickly.”
“I believe this animal appeared following a raid to the region by the British forces,” said Ali Mohsen, a farmer in his 40s from Karmat Ali, near the air base used by the multinational force.
You know you’re in trouble when your public affairs folks have to issue statements like this one from the British army spokesman in Basra:
“We have not released giant badgers in Basra.”
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1 University Update - Iraq - Slow blogging // Jul 11, 2007 at 9:48 am
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2 yousef is'lame // Jul 11, 2007 at 9:52 am
“It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey. It runs so quickly.”
Dont worry Basrowi Its Muqtada Al Sadr.
3 British army denies using giant badgers to terrorise Basra » blogolob // Jul 11, 2007 at 11:37 am
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4 busybody // Jul 11, 2007 at 7:01 pm
why do you sit in the safety and security of ISRAEL and writes praises of HAMAS?
why dont you live in Hamastan?
AFRAID????????????????
5 Stick With A Nose » Imperial Wars & Giant Badgers // Jul 12, 2007 at 6:06 am
[…] if we need more evidence that the Iraq War has reached ludicrous speed, we get this gem. [via Conflict Blotter] You know you’re in trouble when your public affairs folks have to issue […]
6 Sampson // Jul 12, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Busybody, if you are unable to comment intelligently why comment at all.
7 ns // Jul 12, 2007 at 2:53 pm
yes busybody, aren’t you supposed to be busy with something?
8 busybody // Jul 12, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I recognize my comment could be seen as confrontational
HOWEVER
I get pissed off the so called “reporters” that seek the safety of Israel
And
Whitewash the terrorists
Could or would a reporter ever TELL THE TRUTH of Hamas barbaric actions when they KNOW if they did
They would be KILLED or KIDNAPPED in Hamastan?
Why isnt this “reporter” LIVE in Gaza?
Its easy to DUMP on Israel, there is NO DOWNSIDE
Its impossible to tell the truth about Hamas, its FATAL!
9 Sampson // Jul 12, 2007 at 8:21 pm
To make you a better informed individual, this reporter was in Lebanon during the entire war and was one of only 3 reporters in Gaza during the entire Hamas takeover of Fatah. To refer to him as being lacking in courage simply shows that you know not of what you speak. I strongly suggest that if you are going to insult someone, at least base your insults on facts.
10 Dr Fuchs Spyware Inc. // Jul 12, 2007 at 11:22 pm
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The peachses-Virus will now start to contaminate the attacking server of spambot “busybody 4.0-beta” at mfa.org.il and will cause millions of NIS damage.
11 busybody // Jul 13, 2007 at 12:18 am
So what if he was in Gaza?
B!F!D!
I read what he wrote
Whitewash of Hamas!
12 Gänsestehler // Jul 13, 2007 at 1:13 am
Blognews: … Mr. Kraft proudly presents the first and official german website of famous lyric busybody. Mr. Kraft will update the site if new material occurs and will perform the material at the Kraichgau festival of modern art in September with two latex-models that will burn Hamas flags [and other unbelivale dirty things with Hamas-items]
. http://kraft.myblog.de/kraft/art/5196301/Political_Dadaism_busybody
13 Edie // Jul 13, 2007 at 1:35 am
Busybody - You must have lived in Gaza quite a while to be able to have such an expert opinion on Hamas over a journalist who has risked his life to do his job during the Hamas take over of the Gaza Strip.
I don’t have a lot of respect for many of the reporting agencies that cover this region of the world, but NPR, McClatchy and Mr. ConflictBlotter should be given their due respect in risking their lives to bring their readers the reality on the ground there.
14 busybody // Jul 13, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Show me where this so called “reporter” tells of the CRIMINALS running hamas?
The KILLINGS they engage in?
The TERROR they unleash on its people and on Israel
OR
is it always couched in terms of
“RESSISTANCE”?
15 Foxy // Jul 13, 2007 at 11:57 pm
“Show me where this”
“..who was shot five times point blank by Hamas militants..” … “Nurse and patient can even find a shred of common cause now that the Islamist Hamas movement, which has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings,…” [Charles Levinson]
Any other questions, trollophant?
16 busybody // Jul 15, 2007 at 4:22 pm
edie…..turd sniffer
I was a command lead of an under cover group of guys
JEW soldiers that lived, breathed, ate, slept with HAMAS
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
AND THEN KILLED DOZENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO FUCK OFF TURD SNIFFER
17 Foxness as usual // Jul 15, 2007 at 10:34 pm
AND THEN KILLED DOZENS …. of cockroaches. Yes, busybody, we know the problem… The virtual life of anonym low-budget-fascists almost always disintegrates them from normal social life. No [girl-]friends, no contact, to neighbours, parents, alcoholism, babydrugs lead into rising paranoia. A REAL dirty houshold follows and a LOT OF cockroaches storm the house.
And I have seen dozens of cases of those fascists running wild in their appartment, clothed like IDF-Undercover-Hamasniks, killing scores of coackroaches, screaming: “HAMAS BASTRD! I WILL KILL YOU ALL.”
I have already informed http://www.maytal.co.il/english/ about your case. They will call you this week…
18 Edie // Jul 15, 2007 at 11:34 pm
lol.
19 tequila // Jul 16, 2007 at 11:45 am
Something tells me that busybody has quite an active fantasy life.
20 shoesonline // Oct 19, 2007 at 1:13 am
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