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DavidKirkBeale		2004-11-18 04:40:14 PM

its getting harder and harder to find those little buggers...

FooDog		2004-11-18 04:40:20 PM

Damn! Those Al Queda guys have it together. Too bad Saddamm wasn't polite enough to leave signs up at all his WMD sites...

for good or for awesome		2004-11-18 04:40:45 PM

I guess that better than the big "secret hideout" sign they used to have.

KungFuJesus		2004-11-18 04:40:49 PM

Welcome to Al-Quida, may I take your order please?

Omni100		2004-11-18 04:40:59 PM

it took them all this time to find it? sheesh.

unfarking_believable		2004-11-18 04:41:26 PM

Boy our inteligence is spectacular! How long have we been looking for this guy? Good gravey.

GoBadgers		2004-11-18 04:41:50 PM

Darn - missed 'em by that much! (holding index finger and thumb 1/4 inch apart)

Sloth_DC		2004-11-18 04:41:57 PM

I like how the page semi-loaded, then decided it was farked, cleared itself, and gave up. It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

untrustworthy		2004-11-18 04:42:00 PM

I wonder if it was next to the new McDonalds?

You Fat Bish		2004-11-18 04:42:05 PM

let the flame war begin.

neocon asshats: crank up rushy lim and get out your bibles
liberal pinkos: fire up your doobies and gay porn

cyberworm		2004-11-18 04:42:18 PM

wait, so there aren't any connections to al queda in Iraq?

FooDog		2004-11-18 04:42:21 PM

Next intelligence technology breakthrough: Giant Red Flashing Arrows.

SMTB		2004-11-18 04:42:28 PM

Remember back in '02 when those Arabic translaters were fired for being homosexual?

/Bush's War on Terror undermined by his War on Gays

Pre-Traumatic-Stress		2004-11-18 04:42:40 PM

sure. did they find the CIA $$ that was given to them too???

AbbaDabba		2004-11-18 04:43:08 PM

I call shenanigans.

SamFive		2004-11-18 04:43:14 PM

There are no links between terrorism and Iraq.

bandy		2004-11-18 04:43:35 PM

Time for teaching our troops to recognize "Al Qaeda" in various Arabic fonts toot sweet!

Arcadian		2004-11-18 04:43:36 PM

There's something about finding a sign in a hideout that screams out "It's a Trap!"

Buck Naked		2004-11-18 04:44:26 PM

Maybe the fact that it was empty means that it could have been set as a mis-information type thingy (the whole "al-Qaida Organization" sign thing seems fishy)

FecalMatters		2004-11-18 04:44:33 PM

What really gets me is the way they were answering the phones there:
"Good morning, thank you for calling Al Qaeda. This is Mohamed, how may I direct your call."

Mordant		2004-11-18 04:44:33 PM

Why do terrorists always leave behind clues as to projects in the works and copies of the Qu'ran every time they move ? It's like a standard kit or something.

Befuddled		2004-11-18 04:44:42 PM

Al-Zarqawi is wanted by both Jordanian and American authorities.

The US has offered $25m for information leading to his capture.

He is in Iraq. I will be expecting my check within a week.

Solid State Vittles		2004-11-18 04:45:00 PM

Fortunately the troops knew the secret knock otherwise they'd never have gotten in.

Turing_Machine		2004-11-18 04:45:02 PM

GIS for "secret hideout".
Did they have the secret headgear?

emc2serv		2004-11-18 04:45:12 PM

Behind the facade of this innocent looking..... Oh wait.

British		2004-11-18 04:45:18 PM

al-Zarqawi and Al-queda merged huh? I wonder who get the better stock options? Will they be laying off exectives and HR people?

rickythepenguin		2004-11-18 04:45:33 PM

And of course, once we get al-Zarqawi, ALL TERRORISM IN IRAQ WILL IMMEDIATELY CEASE.

Just like they said it would after we got Uday and Qusay....

just like they said it would after we got Hussein.....

just like they said it would after we neutralized, for the time being, Moqtada al-Sadr....

*sigh*

poeticfolk		2004-11-18 04:45:34 PM

No, cyberworm... you got that wrong.

There weren't any connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda... until Bush went in for his liberation bullshiat.

dcigary		2004-11-18 04:46:07 PM

Did anyone immediately think of this?

/mustjustbeme

madcat033		2004-11-18 04:46:10 PM

SamFive

Haha yeah, let's see how the political left refutes this one. Maybe all those damn hippies will STFU.

FooDog		2004-11-18 04:46:11 PM

code_monkey
No worries. the_gospel_of_thomas has the hook out already.

You Fat Bish		2004-11-18 04:46:20 PM

for my Weeners of boobies! I get the boobies! + 12 hours thing. its funny ya

Guy Incognito		2004-11-18 04:46:27 PM

maybe it was their clubhouse - you know, sort of a faith-based initiative?

geometer		2004-11-18 04:46:37 PM

If only we hadn't had the following sign:

WARNING: U.S. MARINES APPROACHING IN 72 HOURS

It's too bad that the need for information is now more important than the element of surprise.

IrieTom		2004-11-18 04:46:53 PM

Cyberworm:

There weren't any connections to al queda before we invaded. Now that americans are occupying Iraq and killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, it has become a perfect place to recruit potential terrorists.

safeinsane		2004-11-18 04:46:54 PM

"There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger."

Engrish? Or Arabish?

SleepyWeasle1975		2004-11-18 04:47:25 PM

Anybody else thinking the sign was like the old Bugs Bunny cartoon?

Evil Scientist

Boo

TigerMWD		2004-11-18 04:47:35 PM

Wow, not an Akbar post yet...

I'm either really disappointed, or really impressed.

Nicky Nice Nose		2004-11-18 04:47:41 PM

Keep telling yourself that, poeticfolk.

I know your entire basis for living is that Bush is the pure root of all evil and no evil existed before he came along but you really need to wake up, get out of that community college philosophy class and get a farking clue.

helix400		2004-11-18 04:47:42 PM

You Fat Bish Heh, you fell victim to the filter twice. Haven't seeen that before.

skinink		2004-11-18 04:47:49 PM

SamFive
"There are no links between terrorism and Iraq. "

The people that crashed the planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were in the U.S. for years, and even trained themselves by taking flying lessons in Florida. OMG there is a terrorism link between the U.S. and Al-Ore-Ida-Quaida. America must be invaded to end the War on Terrorism !

Kaymon		2004-11-18 04:47:53 PM

You Fat Bish = pwned by the filter!

untrustworthy		2004-11-18 04:48:15 PM

Mordant - Why do terrorists always leave behind clues as to projects in the works and copies of the Qu'ran every time they move ? It's like a standard kit or something.

It's the same as how the villains always give away their secret plan to James Bond before they try to kill him, but fail because they do it in some overly complicated manner.

whydontyoucryaboutit		2004-11-18 04:48:27 PM

I quote John Stewart when i say

"You're farking kidding me, right?"

You Fat Bish		2004-11-18 04:48:48 PM

I got served.

Nicky Nice Nose		2004-11-18 04:48:51 PM

IrieTom

Source?

dcigary		2004-11-18 04:49:16 PM

Err...make that...

/damninternet

pontechango		2004-11-18 04:49:16 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/

Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind

But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself but never pulled the trigger.

...

Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawis operation was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.

Hanoi Jane		2004-11-18 04:49:33 PM

cyberworm

Seeing as the army has admitted al-Zarqawi only came into Iraq after the US invaded, the case arguing no ties between Al Qaeda and Saddam still stands. Tall.