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Xavier
04-02-2004, 04:37 PM
My source (http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljoke-iraqinfominister.htm).

Okay, so I know there are obvious language barriers (like the guys seeming obsession with shoes), but even then, there are some real gems here.

My personal favourites:

"My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all"

"Our initial assessment is that they will all die"
The Iraqi strategic session was called off early.


"God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."
You wanna think about that one again?


'We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels - We have driven them back."
The shovels being the most important aspect of US weaponry.


Of U.S. troops: "They are most welcome. We will butcher them."
My potential father-in-law.


"We will welcome them with bullets and shoes."
This reminds me of my second cousins wedding.


"They do not even have control over themselves! Do not believe them!"
The CNN newsreporters apparently suffering recurring bouts of diarrhea before the interview.


"They tried to bring a small number of tanks and personnel carriers in through al-Durah but they were surrounded and most of their infidels had their throats cut."

"I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."
Psychological warfare at it's most potent.


"We blocked them inside the city. Their rear is blocked"
A standard complaint among gays.


[On surrenders] "Those are not Iraqi soldiers at all. Where did they bring them from?"
On the Al Gore look-a-likes.


"Listen, this explosion does not frighten us any longer. The cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target."
That's accuracy for ya.


"Blair...is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured."
Comforting.


"They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this."
Thanks.


"It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait."
A diplomatic answer to a tough question.


"The United Nations....[is] a place for prostitution under the feet of Americans."
This was LMAO No#1.


"They are superpower of villains. They are superpower of Al Capone."
This was LMAO No#2. I snorted lime juice through my nose when I read this one. Note: the minister may also watch re-runs of the Sopranos during weekends


"Their forces committed suicide by the hundreds. ... The battle is very fierce and God made us victorious. The fighting continues."
And you thought GWB was inconsistent?


"When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfathers of Blair and little Bush were scratching around in caves"
His academic summary of European history in medieval times.


About Bush: "the leader of the international criminal gang of bastards."

About Bush and Rumsfeld: "Those only deserve to be hit with shoes."
The standard Iraqi tactic when being bombarded by hordes of daisy-cutters.

Earthling
04-02-2004, 06:40 PM
Just so you know, in Islamic cultures the soles of your feet/shoes are thought to be unclean, and therefore to "dirty" your opponents with your shoes is considered a great offense. (Remember the images of Baghdad residents beating Saddam Hussein's statue with their shoes after it was toppled?) The Information Miinister wasn't obsessed with shoes as much as showing contempt toward American and British troops. Not that he doesn't still deserve our derision, but there's a real idea behind the shoe statements.

Business Manners (http://www.businessofmanners.com/media/columns.html):
The soles of your feet are...'dirty'. It is most impolite to show your soles.
Islamic Etiquette (http://www.travel-guide.com/appendices/islam.asp):
Do not sit in a position which places the soles of the feet towards anyone, as this is considered a deliberate insult.

Hamish
04-02-2004, 07:13 PM
To add to what Earthling said, hitting someone with a shoe is considered a great insult in Iraq. There was a famous clip going around the media after the fall of Saddam of a guy hitting an image of the dictator with his shoe, as a symbol of his disgust.

A standard complaint among gays.

Um, I'm gay and I've never said that. :rolleyes:

ZombiesAteMyBrain
04-02-2004, 07:17 PM
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This was LMAO No#2. I snorted lime juice through my nose when I read this one. Note: the minister may also watch re-runs of the Sopranos during weekends


The image of you snorting lime juice thru your nose gave me a laugh - did it hit your computer screen???

My fave Baghdad Bob site is
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
I especially like the page which gives his on-the-spot comments on other great battles in history

Ilsa_Lund
04-03-2004, 08:55 AM
If life throws you lemons, and you are the Iraqi Information Minister, then insist that despite the heinous lies of the infidels that they are, in fact, lemonade.

Xavier
04-03-2004, 10:49 AM
No I know. Hitting someone with shoes is an grave insult in many countries. In a lot of other languages, it actually sounds like a funny insult too (kind of like, "I'm gonna kick your ass" - only more insulting). Hence I mentioned the language barriers (what sounds like a lousy insult in one language actually sounds very funny/rude in another).

<<ZombiesAteMyBrain: The image of you snorting lime juice thru your nose gave me a laugh - did it hit your computer screen???>>

Yeah, but only after I pissed on it.

ZombiesAteMyBrain
04-03-2004, 01:03 PM
<<ZombiesAteMyBrain: The image of you snorting lime juice thru your nose gave me a laugh - did it hit your computer screen???>>

Yeah, but only after I pissed on it.

Really!! Why????????? Was it on fire???? Or were you just too lazy to go to the bathroom??

Tikki
04-03-2004, 05:02 PM
Snorting lime juice sounds painful for the nasal tissues. But putting the lime in the coconut will make you feel better.


Or so I've been told.