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Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« on: January 11, 2008, 02:29:19 PM »
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Contrary1  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 02:41 PM
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It's snowing in Baghdad!
 

This could have been a scene from Anytown, USA. And yet, so many believe lives like this lost are no big deal.

"BAGHDAD - After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all. But Friday morning, as muezzins were calling the faithful to prayer, the people here awoke to something certifiably new.

For the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.

Although the white flakes quickly dissolved into gray puddles, they brought an emotion rarely expressed in this desert capital snarled by army checkpoints, divided by concrete walls and ravaged by sectarian killings — delight..."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22608593 /

was it really snow or could it have been

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stillcool47  (1000+ posts)       Fri Jan-11-08 03:10 PM
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4. One man's snow...
 is another man's ashes? I think the snow is a bigger story.


Massive U.S. air strikes pound insurgent havens south of Baghdad
By Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press

ZAMBARANIYAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes unleashed one of the most intense air strikes of the Iraq war Thursday, dropping more than 18,000 kilograms of explosives in a thunderous 10-minute onslaught on suspected "al-Qaida in Iraq" safe havens in Sunni farmlands south of Baghdad.

The mighty barrage, recalling the Pentagon's "shock and awe" raids during the 2003 invasion, appeared to mark a significant escalation in a countrywide offensive launched this week to try to cripple remaining insurgent strongholds.
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Maj. Alayne Conway, a spokeswoman for troops in central Iraq, said the amount of ordnance dropped in 10 minutes nearly exceeded what had been used in that region in any month since last June.

Conway said the air attack "was one of the largest air strikes since the onset of the war" in March 2003.
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"Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds" the statement said. That tonnage would equal just over 18,000 kilograms.
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200801100677 

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TomInTib  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 02:44 PM
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1. Recommending. Not for the snow, not for the article...
 Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 02:45 PM by TomInTib
but the photo almost killed me.

When will Man ever come to His senses?

Ahh i get it now
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shain from kane (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 03:18 PM
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11. A prevailing wind from the south could have dropped ashes, mistaken for snow. Check the DNA.
 

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alyce douglas  (1000+ posts)     Fri Jan-11-08 03:15 PM
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9. could be all those bombs they are dropping on those civilians.
 sickening, we are committing genocide.

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malaise  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 03:12 PM
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5. What a beautiful photo
 and a million like him will never smile again.

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dembotoz (542 posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 03:12 PM
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6. perhaps hell is freezing over

It's snowing...............that's all  :banghead:
 



 


On edit for that damn link http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2661647

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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 02:33:14 PM »
Link?

Oh, and I think our Air Force weather guys and the Iraqi weather guys know the difference between snow a f'n ashes, you dumbass libs.  ::)
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 02:40:01 PM »
When is the last time you saw ashes melt into puddles?  Other then one night in college....
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 02:40:09 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on January 11, 2008, 02:33:14 PM
Link?

Oh, and I think our Air Force weather guys and the Iraqi weather guys know the difference between snow a f'n ashes, you dumbass libs.  ::)

So you're saying the Navy weather guys don't  :hammer:
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 02:57:18 PM »
Quote from: Crazy Horse on January 11, 2008, 02:40:09 PM
So you're saying the Navy weather guys don't  :hammer:

Not normally.  :-)

Ok, I kid, I kid. I just didn't know the Navy guys had weathermen in Baghdad.
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 05:08:29 PM »
God Damn Bush to HELL!

He made the snow evil!!!
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 05:14:50 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 11, 2008, 05:08:29 PM
God Damn Bush to HELL!

He made the snow evil!!!

It's ashes..............we must test the DNA
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 05:19:07 PM »
Ok, who's been playing with the new 2008 VRWC weather control satellite.

Lord Rove will not be amused.
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 05:21:40 PM »
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 05:33:02 PM »
What no mention of global climate change?
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Re: Baghdad Snow................Or is it
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 05:37:28 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on January 11, 2008, 05:33:02 PM
What no mention of global climate change?
Ask...ye shall receive...

World warming despite cool Pacific and Baghdad snow
OSLO (Reuters) - Climate change is still nudging up temperatures in the long term even though the warmest year was back in 1998 and 2008 has begun with unusual weather such as a cool Pacific and Baghdad's first snow in memory, experts said.

"Global warming has not stopped," said Amir Delju, senior scientific coordinator of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) climate program.

MORE

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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2008, 06:31:15 PM »
I faked a picture this morning for you

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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2008, 07:04:33 PM »
Clearly ashes
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2008, 09:20:45 PM »
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malaise  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 03:12 PM
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5. What a beautiful photo
 and a million like him will never smile again.

Yep, all thanks to Saddam, may he burn in pieces.
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« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2008, 01:45:53 AM »
We can turn the enemy straight to ashes now?  HOW COOL IS THAT! ROCK ON!:evillaugh:

Does it have to be cold, I wonder?
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« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2008, 08:07:26 AM »
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shain from kane (1000+ posts)      Fri Jan-11-08 03:18 PM
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11. A prevailing wind from the south could have dropped ashes, mistaken for snow. Check the DNA.


Hmmm....let's see this is the coldest time of year in IRaq...it's also the rainy season over there.

Cold tempratures...moisture in the atmosphere...yeah  :whatever: I can see how they think that was "ashes" :banghead:
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« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2008, 11:52:12 AM »
ashes? :thatsright: just too stupid these DUmmies..... :loser:
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« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2008, 02:37:30 PM »
Quote from: Papakvapilak on January 12, 2008, 01:45:53 AM
We can turn the enemy straight to ashes now?  HOW COOL IS THAT! ROCK ON!:evillaugh:

Does it have to be cold, I wonder?

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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2008, 06:11:35 PM »
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