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Fri Jan-12-07 06:25 PM
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| 111. But it makes no sense here. |
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The Cold War is over. The Greek military can take care their own security. No one will be calling for the U.S. to come in and "help" them. And why would they pin the attack on leftists, anyways? This attack helps no side.
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| -Explosion rips through US embassy (Athens) |
Newsjock |
Jan-11-07 10:57 PM |
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Probably nothing serious |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 10:59 PM |
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I guess you never saw "Z". |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:50 AM |
#62 |
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You should go there during an election. |
bikebloke |
Jan-12-07 09:49 AM |
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Never saw Z |
heliarc |
Jan-15-07 02:26 AM |
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But who cares what the rest of the world thinks |
jamesinca |
Jan-11-07 11:00 PM |
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Oh my God |
Penndems |
Jan-11-07 11:00 PM |
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No; the building was unoccupied when attacked. (NT) |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:56 AM |
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and so it starts |
Blue_Tires |
Jan-11-07 11:04 PM |
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Yep - we attacked the Iranian embassy in Baghdad yesterday |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:30 AM |
#72 |
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More like blowback. n/t |
Mika |
Jan-12-07 09:37 AM |
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Or false flag. At this point it doesn't really matter, does it? |
TheWatcher |
Jan-15-07 08:16 AM |
#137 |
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Countries neighboring Greece |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 11:07 PM |
#5 |
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Seems like an inoffensive gas explosion with no casualties |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 11:13 PM |
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Local News said it was a "terist" attack |
dubeskin |
Jan-12-07 12:58 AM |
#36 |
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rocket attack that took out a toilet. |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 01:03 AM |
#38 |
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and a picture window. |
elehhhhna |
Jan-12-07 07:51 AM |
#76 |
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press speculation just like in the US |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:50 AM |
#61 |
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So did my local news |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:31 AM |
#73 |
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BBC reporting it too |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-11-07 11:08 PM |
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That says the explosion was on the third floor |
htuttle |
Jan-11-07 11:11 PM |
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yep |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-11-07 11:16 PM |
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Bush through down the Gauntlet last night |
lovuian |
Jan-11-07 11:08 PM |
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"Its (sic) War" - that seems a bit over the top |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:42 PM |
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I'm glad my son's plans to visit Athens fell through... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jan-11-07 11:10 PM |
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He missed visiting a great city |
JoFerret |
Jan-12-07 09:41 AM |
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Oh, I doubt it's scared him off... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jan-12-07 01:30 PM |
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I sure hope nobody was injured or killed. |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:11 PM |
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BBC said it was before dawn, so hopefully not. |
mod mom |
Jan-11-07 11:12 PM |
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Good point on the time |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:34 PM |
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Marines guard our embassies 24 hours a day |
Bucky |
Jan-11-07 11:38 PM |
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Absolutely true |
Penndems |
Jan-11-07 11:44 PM |
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I doubt a terrorist bomb would be set to blow during the wee hours... |
Nabeshin |
Jan-12-07 03:03 AM |
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damn it all |
charlie and algernon |
Jan-11-07 11:12 PM |
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Oh, Great. Were going to invade Greece... |
OSX |
Jan-11-07 11:17 PM |
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Maybe Greece and Persia (Iran) would become allies then |
daleo |
Jan-11-07 11:21 PM |
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Direct from Reuters: |
originalpckelly |
Jan-11-07 11:34 PM |
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More info. continues to be added to that story... |
originalpckelly |
Jan-11-07 11:38 PM |
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Hezbollah? |
mzmolly |
Jan-11-07 11:45 PM |
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They aren't active anywhere near Greece |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:55 AM |
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Agreed, this isn't an al-Qaeda-like attack |
Aya Reiko |
Jan-12-07 04:19 AM |
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I've heard they have networks all over the world? |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 12:37 PM |
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It's a Lebanese group |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:55 PM |
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Wouldn't have the psycological impact if it was close to home. |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 01:10 PM |
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Hezbollah is an Iranian-funded but not Iranian group |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 01:25 PM |
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Gotcha. |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 01:30 PM |
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BBC World Service Radio just reported it was a terrorist attack |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-12-07 12:04 AM |
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1996 it got hit by a rocket too. BBC says rocket now also. |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:13 AM |
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from AP |
Newsjock |
Jan-12-07 12:07 AM |
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Anyone here surprised at the attack? |
Oak2004 |
Jan-12-07 12:11 AM |
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From AFP |
suffragette |
Jan-12-07 12:15 AM |
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BBC says rocket |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:28 AM |
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Reuters update on rocket |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:31 AM |
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"No injuries" is fantastic news |
Bucky |
Jan-12-07 12:59 AM |
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False flag anyone? |
48percenter |
Jan-12-07 12:40 AM |
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Saudi Arabia??? |
darkstar |
Jan-12-07 01:10 AM |
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To be pinned on Greek anti-war folks (aka terrorist enablers) |
rman |
Jan-12-07 02:53 AM |
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So much wrong with your post. |
spoony |
Jan-12-07 06:03 AM |
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then again, it perfectly fits the historic record |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:20 AM |
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Yeah because there's never been |
spoony |
Jan-12-07 06:23 AM |
#58 |
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history of false-flag operations |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:34 AM |
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But it makes no sense here. |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:25 PM |
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Cold war is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:44 AM |
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Yes, I'm sure that |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:59 PM |
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You think 'PNAC' is going to leave certain terrorist groups alone? |
rman |
Jan-14-07 07:59 AM |
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Greek leftists? |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 07:01 PM |
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Anti-war movement |
rman |
Jan-15-07 03:36 AM |
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....when the money lords and the greed heads start running |
0007 |
Jan-12-07 10:34 AM |
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Greek Communists? |
lumpy |
Jan-12-07 10:39 AM |
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and so it begins. |
BikeWriter |
Jan-12-07 12:42 AM |
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What are the odds of a rocket landing in a toilet? |
The Animator |
Jan-12-07 12:44 AM |
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Remember this isn't the first attack on the Athens embassy |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:51 AM |
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Sky News are reporting that a leftist group has claimed responsibility |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 02:40 AM |
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see, Gladio all over again |
rman |
Jan-12-07 02:56 AM |
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So you think Greek Communist radical groups never existed? |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:23 PM |
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Seen in the light of Gladio any 'radical' leftist group is a lot less radical |
rman |
Jan-12-07 12:56 PM |
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I don't see how you can get any more radical than pro-Soviet communists |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 01:29 PM |
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How are pro-Soviet communists radical? |
mhatrw |
Jan-12-07 02:40 PM |
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But this false flag op would make no sense. |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:28 PM |
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It's basically Occam's Razor |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 07:48 PM |
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More radical is to perform terrorist attacks on national civilian targets, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:14 PM |
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Thanks, but |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:30 PM |
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Cold War is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:47 AM |
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But Greece has nothing to do with it |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:56 PM |
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LOL. The whole world has something to do with it. |
rman |
Jan-14-07 08:03 AM |
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You sound more and more like a FReeper infiltrator with each post |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 06:58 PM |
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What's provocative about saying |
rman |
Jan-15-07 09:44 AM |
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OK, but what's relevant about a defunct Cold War intel network today? |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 07:50 PM |
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Cold war is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:47 AM |
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Except Greece is not a key location in it |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-13-07 11:28 AM |
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Not key, but it's a location |
rman |
Jan-14-07 08:00 AM |
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Not a bad theory... |
Nabeshin |
Jan-12-07 03:06 AM |
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It was a rocket |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 05:52 AM |
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question is how they managed to hit a toilet on the 3rd floor |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:18 AM |
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They were just trying to give proof throught the night that our flag was still there. |
tanyev |
Jan-12-07 07:20 AM |
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By that logic ETA is opposed to Basque independence |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jan-12-07 08:17 AM |
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Uhm no. It's FALSE flag - It means ETA and IRA are fake, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:19 PM |
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The IRA is fake?!? |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:31 PM |
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fake, OR |
rman |
Jan-13-07 07:42 AM |
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You can't blame Gladio on EVERYTHING |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:57 PM |
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I never did say IRA does not exist, did i. |
rman |
Jan-14-07 07:56 AM |
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But you're sounding as if you believe that |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 06:59 PM |
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Depends on who you mean by "they" |
rman |
Jan-15-07 09:39 AM |
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I know nothing about ETA |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 10:53 PM |
#118 |
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In Greece, such attacks are very common |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:20 PM |
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Well there goes the we haven't been attacked since 9/11 argument. |
stratomagi |
Jan-12-07 02:57 AM |
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It probably will count for something even if it isn't al-Qaida |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:05 AM |
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So if someone attack our embassy it's terrorism |
DoYouEverWonder |
Jan-12-07 03:33 AM |
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Shhhhh! |
Nihil |
Jan-12-07 05:40 AM |
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Rocket hits US embassy in Athens |
annabanana |
Jan-12-07 04:29 AM |
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wow -- that'll wake you up. |
xchrom |
Jan-12-07 04:29 AM |
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left wing groups. more here: |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:52 AM |
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" a country brimming with potent anti-Americanism," |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:53 AM |
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Well, something needs to be done about that then, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:21 PM |
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"explosion ripped through " |
annabanana |
Jan-12-07 04:30 AM |
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A right-wing one |
nxylas |
Jan-12-07 12:53 PM |
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I hope the US warplanes don't bomb the Acropolis while aiming for these al-Qaeda dudes. |
pinniped |
Jan-12-07 05:36 AM |
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"No one could have predicted this". |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:49 AM |
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Blast at U.S. embassy called 'terrorism' ( new Fri. am) |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:59 AM |
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I just saw a picture of the carnage... |
zanne |
Jan-12-07 07:12 AM |
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"No blood for Baklava!" |
ChazII |
Jan-12-07 07:15 AM |
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That's cute. |
zanne |
Jan-12-07 07:18 AM |
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Thanks for the welcome. |
ChazII |
Jan-12-07 07:32 AM |
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I'm going to guess that it is someone NOT happy |
coffeenap |
Jan-12-07 07:26 AM |
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I do! I do! |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:31 AM |
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CNN reporting that a rocket was fired at the embassy |
LibertyLover |
Jan-12-07 08:09 AM |
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NO INJURIES AND VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE |
mod mom |
Jan-12-07 08:17 AM |
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Bastards! |
Nihil |
Jan-12-07 08:41 AM |
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Does this mean we are going to bomb Greece back to the Parthenon age? nt |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 09:07 AM |
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Well, the way Bush thinks, he probably bomb Venezuela for it. |
goforit |
Jan-12-07 10:44 AM |
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LOL. |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 11:29 AM |
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Actually Turkey. |
dnbn |
Jan-12-07 01:47 PM |
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The funny thing is |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:34 PM |
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Obviously these "terrorists" haven't read their history... |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 10:33 AM |
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You let Rummy go and he lets the US have it!!! |
goforit |
Jan-12-07 10:42 AM |
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Americans view all terrorists as Mideastern Islamics |
lumpy |
Jan-12-07 10:52 AM |
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Reprisal from Iran? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jan-12-07 12:28 PM |
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Guess this means that Bush can't say |
peace13 |
Jan-12-07 01:59 PM |
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"Hello? Is this the US embassy?" |
mhatrw |
Jan-12-07 02:21 PM |
#106 |
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3 embassies have been attacked since Bush's Surge speech: |
Iceburg |
Jan-13-07 06:04 PM |
#127 |
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