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Whatever happened to the Iraqi Information Minister?

Colodia
26-04-2004, 19:12
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com

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Salishe
26-04-2004, 19:27
ROFLMAO..oh this was funnnnyyyy.....good ole Baghdad Bob...the man who had the gall to lie to the Iraqi people that not one inch of Iraqi soil had been invaded..then it was not one inch of Baghdad International Airport had been ceded to the Americans and that hundreds of Americans had been killed by their brave defenders...then it was not one inch of Baghdad proper had been ceded to the Americans, even though our tanks were smack dab in the middle of the city..lol...
Rehochipe
26-04-2004, 19:47
I just like him because he formed the bridge between 'Chemical Ali' and 'Comical Ari'.
Berkylvania
26-04-2004, 19:54
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"
Erastide
26-04-2004, 20:01
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"

YES!! Bush and Co. totally need to hire him as a spokesperson. He does act just like they do. :lol:
Salishe
26-04-2004, 20:44
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"

YES!! Bush and Co. totally need to hire him as a spokesperson. He does act just like they do. :lol:

Oh you can't compare the two..lol..you just can't...One of my sons was with the 1st Mar Div at the airport...He remembers chuckling and telling me..."Hey..Dad...where are the Iraqis..is there a Hookpah sale going on?"....

And if you'll look the fighting is relegated to a small portion of the Sunni Triangle..in the North the Kurds are actually growing by leaps and bounds...no problems there...and in the British controlled south it's relatively calm except for Sunni insurgents whom we knew weren't going to reliquish the hold on power they had held under Saddam.
Salishe
26-04-2004, 20:45
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"

YES!! Bush and Co. totally need to hire him as a spokesperson. He does act just like they do. :lol:

Oh you can't compare the two..lol..you just can't...One of my sons was with the 1st Mar Div at the airport...He remembers chuckling and telling me..."Hey..Dad...where are the Iraqis..is there a Hookpah sale going on?"....

And if you'll look the fighting is relegated to a small portion of the Sunni Triangle..in the North the Kurds are actually growing by leaps and bounds...no problems there...and in the British controlled south it's relatively calm except for Sunni insurgents whom we knew weren't going to reliquish the hold on power they had held under Saddam.
Salishe
26-04-2004, 20:47
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"

YES!! Bush and Co. totally need to hire him as a spokesperson. He does act just like they do. :lol:

Oh you can't compare the two..lol..you just can't...One of my sons was with the 1st Mar Div at the airport...He remembers chuckling and telling me..."Hey..Dad...where are the Iraqis..is there a Hookpah sale going on?"....

And if you'll look the fighting is relegated to a small portion of the Sunni Triangle..in the North the Kurds are actually growing by leaps and bounds...no problems there...and in the British controlled south it's relatively calm except for Sunni insurgents whom we knew weren't going to reliquish the hold on power they had held under Saddam.
Maronam
27-04-2004, 06:41
I think he was hired by Fox News! :D
Greater Valia
27-04-2004, 06:48
I think he was hired by Fox News! :D bah!
Monkeypimp
27-04-2004, 06:55
"There are no infidels in Saddam international airport!! Our men have the Americans trapped and are firing rockets at them!"

*cuts to reporter inside the airport*


"Well if there are any iraqi troops inside this airport they aren't anywhere near where we are..."
Kilean
27-04-2004, 07:10
He's in....crap. I forget. Syria, Jordan, or maybe Egypt. I forget which. Last I heard he was gonna get his own show on an arab-language satillite TV network.
Colodia
27-04-2004, 07:12
He's in....crap. I forget. Syria, Jordan, or maybe Egypt. I forget which. Last I heard he was gonna get his own show on an arab-language satillite TV network.

I heard he was going to get hired by some news crew in Iraq
Texastambul
29-04-2004, 06:18
And if you'll look the fighting is relegated to a small portion of the Sunni Triangle..
[bla bla bla]
and in the British controlled south it's relatively calm except for Sunni insurgents whom we knew weren't going to reliquish the hold on power they had held under Saddam.

Really WOW: I must have imagined that whole thing about a Shiite Cleric raising a Militia in Najaf -- oh, and over half of Iraqis think the US should leave: I think that means the military isn't wanted there.
The Great Leveller
29-04-2004, 06:21
He's in....crap. I forget. Syria, Jordan, or maybe Egypt. I forget which. Last I heard he was gonna get his own show on an arab-language satillite TV network.

He's a pundit on a talk show in Saudi Arabia as far as I remember.
Tuesday Heights
29-04-2004, 06:40
I do miss him. He made me smile. :lol:
29-04-2004, 06:51
He was hilarious. However, it would be even more hilarious to cut off his head and stick it on a pike in the middle of Baghdad. Though maybe we could give him a talk show. Think of the ratings for the network and advertising revenue it would generate for the economy!
Colodia
29-04-2004, 06:53
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reports:
-The Saddam Int. Airport has been captured
-Troops are outside the gates of Baghdad
-Little resistance met


Iraqi Information Minister reports:
-Saddam Int. Airport is still under Iraqi control
-Americans are commiting troops outside Baghdad;s gates
-Americans are being surrounded wherever we find them
Texastambul
29-04-2004, 07:03
I do miss him. He made me smile. :lol:

Just watch Oliver (Iran-Contra) North on FOX News -- same thing...
29-04-2004, 07:10
And if you'll look the fighting is relegated to a small portion of the Sunni Triangle..
[bla bla bla]
and in the British controlled south it's relatively calm except for Sunni insurgents whom we knew weren't going to reliquish the hold on power they had held under Saddam.

Really WOW: I must have imagined that whole thing about a Shiite Cleric raising a Militia in Najaf -- oh, and over half of Iraqis think the US should leave: I think that means the military isn't wanted there.

1500 people in a city of 200,000, almost 1%! Yes, all hell is breaking loose, we're on the verge of losing the war, no doubt. :lol:
29-04-2004, 07:12
I do miss him. He made me smile. :lol:

Just watch Oliver (Iran-Contra) North on FOX News -- same thing...

I don't have fox anymore, but when I did, he wasn't a reporter, he just hosted a show on military history. Is he a reporter now?
Texastambul
29-04-2004, 10:16
I don't have fox anymore, but when I did, he wasn't a reporter, he just hosted a show on military history. Is he a reporter now?

Yes, he is a "war" correspondent, just like Baghdad Bob...
Salishe
29-04-2004, 10:53
I don't have fox anymore, but when I did, he wasn't a reporter, he just hosted a show on military history. Is he a reporter now?

Yes, he is a "war" correspondent, just like Baghdad Bob...

You'd be only so lucky to serve with Colonel North...you'd not find a man of his caliber in one thousand of men like you.
Utopio
29-04-2004, 10:57
You'd be only so lucky to serve with Colonel North...you'd not find a man of his caliber in one thousand of men like you.

Your right, I doubt Texastambul would ever illegal support rebels in Nicaragua or be suspended from government . (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2772000/2772471.stm)
Salishe
29-04-2004, 11:00
You'd be only so lucky to serve with Colonel North...you'd not find a man of his caliber in one thousand of men like you.

Your right, I doubt Texastambul would ever illegal support rebels in Nicaragua. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2772000/2772471.stm)

Let's see..support a communist regime...or arm rebels thru illegal means..I advocate arming the rebels...

This was during the Cold War you know?...both us the the Russians were employing every dirty little trick in the book.

He's a good officer...and was willing to fall on his sword for everyone above him...
Texastambul
29-04-2004, 11:03
This was during the Cold War you know?...both us the the Russians were employing every dirty little trick in the book.

He's a good officer...and was willing to fall on his sword for everyone above him...

so you're saying it's good that he supported terrorist?
Utopio
29-04-2004, 11:06
Let's see..support a communist regime...or arm rebels thru illegal means..I advocate arming the rebels...

Oh, I forgot the US' blatant disregared for international law.

This was during the Cold War you know?...both us the the Russians were employing every dirty little trick in the book.

Oh, well that makes it all better then.

You know, all these 'insurgents' in Iraq would be solved if you just gassed a majority of the population - this is the Iraq War you know? Saddam was employing every dirty trick in the book, why shouldn't you?

He's a good officer...and was willing to fall on his sword for everyone above him...

So now he's a martyr as well! This guy get's better and better.
29-04-2004, 11:21
Let's see..support a communist regime...or arm rebels thru illegal means..I advocate arming the rebels...

Oh, I forgot the US' blatant disregared for international law.

This was during the Cold War you know?...both us the the Russians were employing every dirty little trick in the book.

Oh, well that makes it all better then.

You know, all these 'insurgents' in Iraq would be solved if you just gassed a majority of the population - this is the Iraq War you know? Saddam was employing every dirty trick in the book, why shouldn't you?

He's a good officer...and was willing to fall on his sword for everyone above him...

So now he's a martyr as well! This guy get's better and better.
Holy shit, you're stupid. If morons like you had run the USA during the Cold War, it would have been the Soviets who won. A fight for global domination, in every sense of the world, cannot at all be equated to the pathetic Iraqi insurgency.
Texastambul
29-04-2004, 11:26
Holy shit, you're stupid. If morons like you had run the USA during the Cold War, it would have been the Soviets who won. A fight for global domination, in every sense of the world, cannot at all be equated to the pathetic Iraqi insurgency.

If the Bush Faction running the Reagon Administration had to operate illegally in the shadows and outside of the Constitution to "win" the Cold War, then did they really keep America safe, or just transform it into a oligarchical incubator for the miltary-industrial complex?
Jeem
29-04-2004, 11:28
YES!! Bush and Co. totally need to hire him as a spokesperson. He does act just like they do. :lol:

Too late, Tony Blair hired him already to replace Alistair Campbell:

1. Yes we will find WMD in Iraq!
2. Yes we always wanted to hold a referndum on the EU constitution.
3. We will win that EU referendum.
4. No we didn't murder Dr Kelly and make it look like suicide.
5. We have your best interests at heart!

:twisted:
Utopio
29-04-2004, 11:54
Holy shit, you're stupid. If morons like you had run the USA during the Cold War, it would have been the Soviets who won. A fight for global domination, in every sense of the world, cannot at all be equated to the pathetic Iraqi insurgency.

Woohoo, flameboy. Calm the beans. If you can't argue properly, don't argue at all.

Pathetic insurgency? Strange how a pathetic insurgency requires even more heavy weaponry and troops. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3668903.stm)
Jeruselem
29-04-2004, 13:35
The US needs to use him now as a spokeman for George. :)
Salishe
29-04-2004, 13:39
Holy shit, you're stupid. If morons like you had run the USA during the Cold War, it would have been the Soviets who won. A fight for global domination, in every sense of the world, cannot at all be equated to the pathetic Iraqi insurgency.

Woohoo, flameboy. Calm the beans. If you can't argue properly, don't argue at all.

Pathetic insurgency? Strange how a pathetic insurgency requires even more heavy weaponry and troops. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3668903.stm)

Apologies Utopio.....we may disagree..but flaming isn't acceptable..VisciousDolphins, please don't jump up in defense of a position I make....Your kind of support I can do without...
Milostein
29-04-2004, 14:00
He was hilarious. However, it would be even more hilarious to cut off his head and stick it on a pike in the middle of Baghdad. Though maybe we could give him a talk show. Think of the ratings for the network and advertising revenue it would generate for the economy!
I assure you, my head is still attached to my body! There are no pikes in Baghdad!
CanuckHeaven
29-04-2004, 14:22
Sort of like how Rumsfeld keeps saying the war's "going well", Bremer urges us to believe that the current violence is only splinter groups holding entire cities and most Iraqis are welcoming a new golden era, and Bush told us last May "Mission Accomplished?"
Touche!!
Panhandlia
29-04-2004, 15:27
Wasn't he hired by Hot-Air America?
30-04-2004, 09:27
He was hilarious. However, it would be even more hilarious to cut off his head and stick it on a pike in the middle of Baghdad. Though maybe we could give him a talk show. Think of the ratings for the network and advertising revenue it would generate for the economy!
I assure you, my head is still attached to my body! There are no pikes in Baghdad!
Haha, yeah, really. The bastard would probably still be able to spout BS as long as his mouth was intact. Even if it weren't, he'd probably find a way..
Texastambul
30-04-2004, 09:48
Q. Where is the Iraqi Information Minister now?

A. Oliver (Iran-Contra) North is reporting from Iraq daily!
30-04-2004, 10:03
Q. Where is the Iraqi Information Minister now?

A. Oliver (Iran-Contra) North is reporting from Iraq daily!
Yes, you've already established that little known "fact". You sound like a broken record, for Chist's sake, give it a rest.
30-04-2004, 10:52
Holy shit, you're stupid. If morons like you had run the USA during the Cold War, it would have been the Soviets who won. A fight for global domination, in every sense of the world, cannot at all be equated to the pathetic Iraqi insurgency.

If the Bush Faction running the Reagon Administration had to operate illegally in the shadows and outside of the Constitution to "win" the Cold War, then did they really keep America safe, or just transform it into a oligarchical incubator for the miltary-industrial complex?
Oh Jesus Christ. Not you again. An oligarchical incubator for the military-industrial complex? Seriously, from whence can this issue forth other than your bowels? As for operating illegally, well, who cares? Would you rather worry about legalities and be incinerated in a nuclear holocaust or would you rather do whatever it takes to win and live on to spout your vitriol over the internet?

Woohoo, flameboy. Calm the beans. If you can't argue properly, don't argue at all.
Pathetic insurgency? Strange how a pathetic insurgency requires even more heavy weaponry and troops.
Your obvious contempt for pragmatism is all the argument I need in my favor. The insurgency is pretty pathetic, actually. 300-400 killed in a 1-year period, whoopdedoo, they must really be trying.

Your kind of support I can do without...
My kind of support, eh? What, pray tell, would that type of support be?
Utopio
30-04-2004, 11:38
Your obvious contempt for pragmatism is all the argument I need in my favor. The insurgency is pretty pathetic, actually. 300-400 killed in a 1-year period, whoopdedoo, they must really be trying.

You astound me. Firstly, you seem to have buggered up just as Wolfowitz has - the number of US soldiers killed to date is 722 - 521 of them from combat. It isn't pathetic to the families of these 700 odd soldiers.

Are you going to wait untill thousands of your soldiers are killed, or do millions of troops have to die before it's not 'pathetic'?

Source (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=5&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_deaths_wolfowitz)
30-04-2004, 11:44
Your obvious contempt for pragmatism is all the argument I need in my favor. The insurgency is pretty pathetic, actually. 300-400 killed in a 1-year period, whoopdedoo, they must really be trying.

You astound me. Firstly, you seem to have buggered up just as Wolfowitz has - the number of US soldiers killed to date is 722 - 521 of them from combat. It isn't pathetic to the families of these 700 odd soldiers.
You've fudged just as badly as did allegedly both Wolfowitz and I. How many were killed in regular combat? Let's do the math: Insurgent Deaths = Combat deaths - Deaths by Iraqi Regulars. What's the latter part of the little equation, eh?
As for the families, that's a nice emotional strawman tactic, but no dice. Of course it's going to matter more to individual families, but in the grand scheme of things, 521 deaths aren't much. It sucks that they died, yes, but compared to previous wars it isn't even a mosquito's sting.
Are you going to wait untill thousands of your soldiers are killed, or do millions of troops have to die before it's not 'pathetic'?
521 people, you're calling that something to be overly concerned with? In past wars, millions of men have been killed in single battles. This war is nothing. Even compared with the Viet Cong, these insurgents aren't much.
Texastambul
30-04-2004, 11:49
521 people, you're calling that something to be overly concerned with? In past wars, millions of men have been killed in single battles. This war is nothing. Even compared with the Viet Cong, these insurgents aren't much.

Hell, with numbers like that -- We could take on the whole FRIGGIN PLANET! Score one more war for Freedom loving Patriotic Americans who know the real cost of War isn't measured in the needless lives lost or the starving and impoverished ~ but in how much oil we make off of all of it! Ye-haw!
30-04-2004, 11:55
521 people, you're calling that something to be overly concerned with? In past wars, millions of men have been killed in single battles. This war is nothing. Even compared with the Viet Cong, these insurgents aren't much.

Hell, with numbers like that -- We could take on the whole FRIGGIN PLANET! Score one more war for Freedom loving Patriotic Americans who know the real cost of War isn't measured in the needless lives lost or the starving and impoverished ~ but in how much oil we make off of all of it! Ye-haw!
Right.. More people than that have been killed and injured on America's roads this last week than were killed and injured in Iraq over the past year. Needless lives lost just for personal convenience, eh?
Texastambul
30-04-2004, 12:00
Needless lives lost just for personal convenience, eh?

ah -- only a REAL PATRIOT like yourself could compare forcing young soldiers to die to roadkill!
Utopio
30-04-2004, 12:07
You've fudged just as badly as did allegedly both Wolfowitz and I. How many were killed in regular combat?

As I quite clearly said, 521 were killed in combat.

Let's do the math: Insurgent Deaths = Combat deaths - Deaths by Iraqi Regulars. What's the latter part of the little equation, eh?

Not there because it is pointless. Unless I misunderstood your ramblings, your saying that we shouldn't count soldiers killed by 'insurgents' as deaths? Are soldiers killed in a RPG ambush any less dead that ones killed in open battle? Of course not.

As for the families, that's a nice emotional strawman tactic, but no dice. Of course it's going to matter more to individual families, but in the grand scheme of things, 521 deaths aren't much. It sucks that they died, yes, but compared to previous wars it isn't even a mosquito's sting. 521 people, you're calling that something to be overly concerned with? In past wars, millions of men have been killed in single battles. This war is nothing. Even compared with the Viet Cong, these insurgents aren't much.

Yes I'm concerned that 521 people have been killed. The fact that there have been much larger death tolls in previous wars does not make these deaths any less important. The fact is that these 'pathetic insurgents' have killed and are killing at least one US soldier per day (http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx). Maybe not much compared to Vietnam or WW2, but a huge amount considering hostilities are technically over.

A death isn't pathetic in any way, even if the people killed are soldiers.