Dead Iraqi would have loved democracy

[Alexander's Horse]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ—Baghdad resident Taha Sabri, killed Monday in a U.S. air strike on his city, would have loved the eventual liberation of Iraq and establishment of democracy, had he lived to see it, his grieving widow said.

"Taha was a wonderful man, a man of peace," his wife Sawssan said. "I just know he would have been happy to see free elections here in Iraq, had that satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missile not strayed off course and hit our home."

A shoemaker and father of five, Sabri, 44, was listening to the radio at 3 a.m. when a missile launched from a U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf veered off course and struck just feet from his house. Sawssan was away at the time, tending to an ailing aunt in the Baghdad suburb of Mansour.

"My husband was no fan of Saddam," Sawssan said. "He felt he was a terrible despot. If the Americans do drive him from power, it will be that much more of a shame that they killed Taha."

[VetLegion]

Sad. But don't Iraqis have basements and shelters? They should hide underground during air raids.

[Nevs23]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Sad. But don't Iraqis have basements and shelters? They should hide underground during air raids.

You're not serious, are you?

[Dauphin]

"I just know he would have been happy to see free elections here in Iraq, had that satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missile not strayed off course and hit our home"

She said that? Seems a strange thing to say. I would expect her to say "had that bomb not hit our home"

[Sloth]

Trad: "I don't want to be freed!! I don't want to be freed""

[VetLegion]

You're not serious, are you?

Dead serious. Air raids are not on 24/7 are they? Obey the sirens.
I am not trying to say this guy had it coming or something like that mind you.

But my first thought, looking ofcourse at censored news network (CNN) is that too many Iraqis are on the streets and even as some parts of city are bombarded not everyone is in shelter.

Seems like they trust American bombs to hit what they aim. That is plain crazy.

[Demerzel]

Re: Dead Iraqi would have loved democracy

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
"Taha was a wonderful man, a man of peace," his wife Sawssan said. "I just know he would have been happy to see free elections here in Iraq, had that satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missile not strayed off course and hit our home."

Who wrote the article? Sounds like propaganda'r'us by Monsieur Saddam Hussein.

"Ah yes we'd have loved to have met that lovely Mr. Bush but that satellite-guided cruise missile he personally fired, with the go faster red stripes and cool logo, strayed off course and hit my husband whilst he was sitting peacefully in his rocking chair at home."

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Re: Dead Iraqi would have loved democracy

Originally posted by Demerzel
Who wrote the article? Sounds like propaganda'r'us by Monsieur Saddam Hussein.

That's absolutely correct.

"My husband was no fan of Saddam," Sawssan said. "He felt he was a terrible despot. If the Americans do drive him from power, it will be that much more of a shame that they killed Taha."

If you bothered to finish reading.

[Jaakko]

Come on Horsie, tell them and spare them further embarrassment.

[Alex]

it is indeed curious how a shoemaker's wife knows so much about American military hardware...

[Stefu]

It's from the Onion. Too heavy-handed, I thought.

The Point-Counterpoint from the same issue is hilarious, though. No, you're wrong!

[Demerzel]

whee red wunz go faster!

there's a hidden point? like anyone will be awake enough to see it - i've got 2 and a half hrs to go and i'll be off to the pub for half-priced drinks. that's all i care about now

btw what the heck is "the onion" and should i care? no doubt some satircal rag?

[SlowwHand]

Maybe a lot of Iraqi's can't hear air-raid sirens.





Area Iraqis bear living proof of atrocities
2 hours, 13 minutes ago

By Diane Smith, Star-Telegram Staff Writer

"When Mazin Alkabbi awoke from an anesthesia-induced slumber on a morning in 1994, Iraqi authorities gave him grim news: He had been in a car accident and lost his ears.



Alkabbi knew better. There had been no accident. His ears had been surgically removed because he fled the military when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1991.


Just hours before the surgery, he was arrested at his home in Basra. Alkabbi, who now lives in Arlington, remembered having his hands tied, being blindfolded and at one point even thinking he might just be questioned and released. His Iraqi identification card was stamped with the word "betrayer" in Arabic"






Note:
When you don't know facts, you're merely ignorant.
When you ignore facts, you're stupid.

[Alex]

aha, I knew it. Another Horsie troll.

[RGBVideo]

This is from the Onion, isn't it?