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		Bin Laden flees to Somalia, as if they didn't have enough problems (thisislondon.co.uk)		138
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Foaming		2001-09-21 05:12:28 PM

Top of page 6?

grrrrr123		2001-09-21 05:12:52 PM

Britney is dumb. Dumb chicks suck.

greenbeetle		2001-09-21 05:19:53 PM

Grrrrl23, not only do they suck, they usually swallow too.

WoodyTX		2001-09-21 05:28:21 PM

Best book I read on Vietnam was "On Strategy: The Army War College's Critique of the Vietnam Conflict". They don't cut themselves (or anyone else) any slack. And they don't blame it on the anti-war movement. It basically could be subtitled "How not to fight a war".

The support for the terrorists will dry up. Then we will hunt them down and kill them. Or if you prefer the more sanitary "bring them to justice"....

Vinegar Tom		2001-09-21 05:47:38 PM

I can't help but think that a 6'5" white guy with a turban, beard and accent might stick out a tad in Somalia.

WoodyTX		2001-09-21 05:50:01 PM

There's an idea. We could just fire one of those super-lasers that all the C&C players say we have across Somalia at about six feet off the ground. It will only hit bin Laden.

Problem resolved; ticket closed.

Henchman		2001-09-21 06:10:37 PM

Terrorists were so much easier to deal with before explosives...

"Ve are the Judean People's Front. Crack suicide squad. Suicide squad! Attack!"

"That showed 'em, huh? Oooh."

Henchman		2001-09-21 06:11:57 PM

OOOOH! Someone has l33t skillz in website construction! Hmm... Here:

fb-		2001-09-21 06:16:57 PM

This new format makes me ill.

Henchman		2001-09-21 06:23:48 PM

I'll bet it does wonders to cut down on the bandwidth, though. Have you noticed that the average Fark-article regularly hits 3000 views?

RobbieFal		2001-09-21 06:29:30 PM

Brillant work by Bush here.. first he will be bombing one country that might not even have Bin Laden, second, he f-cks up and calls this a Crusade which pisses off Pakistanis.

I GUARANTEE that the Pakistani government will not survive past December.

digipimp		2001-09-21 06:34:30 PM

In case no one remembers Somalia has no official government and the UN has completely pulled out because of casualties that were being suffered. Americans would not want to go anywhere near Somalia and neither would the US Military. This country is run by clans in different areas still and is also about 80% Sunni Muslim. So Bin Laden will have much support there, maybe even more than in Afghanistan and there will also be many more people to fight with.

jiji		2001-09-21 06:47:08 PM

If Bin Laden secures the cooperation of the clan leaders there, Somalia will be exactly the most difficult place for the US to extract him from. Go read the book Black Hawk Down if you don't believe me. *grumble*

Oompaloompa		2001-09-21 06:53:32 PM

If any of you really believes bin Laden's in Somalia I got a camel to sell you

If he's smart he's in the hills, spreading rumors

demanton		2001-09-21 07:14:12 PM

For all we know, the Taliban could have leaked the "story" that Bin Laden is headed to Somalia.

londongirl		2001-09-21 07:26:19 PM

can I just say that was the boobies I ever submitted, oh yes.

Albert		2001-09-21 07:29:18 PM

We still owe Somalia a good ass kicking. I still have images in my mind of those cockroaches dragging our heli pilots down the street.

londongirl		2001-09-21 07:33:10 PM

WHAT?! OK I'm new, what is 'boobies' doing in there?!

bigpeeler		2001-09-21 07:36:47 PM

This new format is a due result from the rapid growth of our dear Farkistan. Lest we become unhappy because of decisions from on high, we may hear the rumblings of a civil uprising, or worse..........A COUP.

Are you compaliners threatening our leader DREW?

Must we call down the wrath of FALKEN upon you?

I though not. Therefore, I say to you. These are tough times we live in. Page tabs are with us. How long? Who knows. That devil Osama Bin Laden has stolen our bandwidth, and by God, together we will prevail!!

LONG LIVE PAGE TABS!!!

londongirl		2001-09-21 07:38:56 PM

It's past midnight and I drank too much. Now I'm scared.

ramohse		2001-09-21 07:44:30 PM

...And if you could trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, JUST ONE CHANCE, to tell our farkistani leaders;

THEY MAY ADD PAGE TABS, BUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE OUR BANDWIDTH!!!!

FrankSinatra		2001-09-21 07:53:23 PM

DOWN WITH THE TABS!

Ishidan		2001-09-21 07:57:57 PM

I'd have to agree, DOWN WITH THE TABS!

Or at least make em work right, they're acting veery strange in how they're dividing the comments.

Londongirl: haha another newbie falls for it. The Filter: gets em every time.

Deoxiribonic		2001-09-21 07:58:24 PM

go to ms word and type in all capitals Q33NY . make it size 47 . change the font to wingdings. freaky

FrankSinatra		2001-09-21 08:10:41 PM

Deox - you could do that with anything --> Q33ML6ONZ

gripingguru		2001-09-21 08:59:31 PM

our army is 40% smaller than the army of desert storm which was considerably smaller than the world war2 army, but our h-bombs are 1000x stronger than the a-bomb of ww2 which means it can still kick 100% ass

RobbieFal		2001-09-21 09:10:37 PM

'Must we call down the wrath of FALKEN upon you? '

what that about me or Wargames?

Caliburated		2001-09-21 11:58:37 PM

Where am i. Helooo! Where oh where will this silly post go.

i love boobies.

StinkyPinky		2001-09-22 12:11:54 AM

I like the page tabs, but they need to work.

Foaming		2001-09-22 12:23:25 AM

I'm pretty sure the tabs system ate one of my posts.

Minos		2001-09-22 12:23:37 AM

Holy shiat these pages tabs are annoying, ixnay tha' angen pag tays!

Jenius53		2001-09-22 01:38:27 AM

Page tabs suck! But then, I don't have to suffer with a dial-up connection. Broad bandwidth spoils you very quickly.

FastJeff		2001-09-22 02:37:40 AM

I agree with Fb-, this paging thing is pissin me off.

mscribbler		2001-09-22 03:02:07 AM

how to bring him before the gun point?

RobbieFal		2001-09-22 04:47:57 AM

As Jihad Leader of Farkistan. I have declared a Jihad on tabs, a Jihad on Drew Curtis for implementing them and a Jihad on dcr.net.

Can I issue Fatwas from my Farkistani post?

Voodoospork		2001-09-22 08:51:18 AM

please for the love of jebus kill these page tabs
only heathens use modems anyway

StinkyPinky		2001-09-23 02:01:38 AM

Thanks for bagging the tabs Drew. Great party. I wish I coulda been there.

Anyway, I don't think Benny Lauden is running, yet.
I might have to go to Tennessee for a while. I will write later. Do you all have PGP?

~ Pinky ~

StinkyPinky		2001-09-23 02:09:33 AM

The Afghan "Freedon Fighters" won because the US armed and financed them. Reagan backed them and then after they won he bailed out on them. If he had continued humanitarian aid to the region Afghanistan could be our best ally. But he didn't. The "Sons of Liberty" became criminals overnight.

Go figure.

~ Pinky ~

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