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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:41 PM
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So the first time the Halliburton contractor was released...er a escaped...
...he ran the wrong way out into the desert and ran out of water and had to go back to his captors to get something to drink. This time he had to chase a US convoy on foot for a half a mile before they stopped and picked him up. It looks like the Iraqis were having a hard time giving him back. They must have had to give him a compass the second time he "escaped" or something? WTF? MSNBC just broke in to their regular programming to say this.

Don
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:43 PM
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1. total bullshit story. Office of Special Plans is still in operation.
will the media pull at the loose strings on this story?

or will they do their Jessica Lynch routine?
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 06:08 PM
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9. Don't you mean The Office of Strategic Influence/OSI?
That is the agency that was going to use the world's media to plant false stories in the war on terrorism, the last story from The Office of Strategic Influence was that it never opened.
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 06:55 PM
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12. thanks, i can't keep track of these fuckers sometimes!
:kick:
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:44 PM
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2. are you serious?
not that I'm doubting you, but but...sounds odd to me.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 06:52 PM
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10. Yes they reported this and one of the demands the Iraqis were making...
...for his release was for the US to leave Falluja. The US left Falluja and low and behold the contractor escaped shortly there after. Whodathunk?

Don
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:44 PM
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3. whaaaaaaa???? n/t
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:44 PM
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4. I kinda figured Haliburton paid ransom...
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:44 PM
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5. Shhh,,The "Escaped" story is supposed to run until Wednesday...
Then we get the Released story. Someone jumped the gun here..
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slaveplanet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:50 PM
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6. NBC nightly
mentioned something about 2 days in the desert until he ran out of water. many failed attempts at flagging down US troops. they had a whole setup where they had his wife on camera when she made first contact with him , looked real staged.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:53 PM
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7. He didn't "escape." The captors got their $$$ and let him go, IMO n/t
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 05:55 PM
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8. or we had him in a spider hole until the best impact would be made
of his escape. ;)
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 07:19 PM
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15. They're are so money grubby it is
hard to imagine them cracking lose with anything, though maybe they did. :shrug:
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Kimber Scott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 06:54 PM
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11. Why does everything have to be a big fucking conspiracy?
I'm glad the guy's alright and is coming home.
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Tina H Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 07:00 PM
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13. Because Viet Nam taught us . . .
that war can lead to lots of ugly and big conspiracies and the best way to avoid that is to be vigilant and open about these conspiracies.

I don't think that discussion of the suspicious circumstances here undercuts the fact that we are all glad the guy is alright and coming home.
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Kimber Scott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 07:13 PM
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14. Yep. Viet Nam taught us a lot.
Right.
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Tina H Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 07:30 PM
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17. well, we haven't had a My Lai yet
this time around (at least that we know of). That is some progress.

Of course, we still have a lot more to learn, and threads like this one help to that end.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-04 07:22 PM
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16. Gee, a high-profile "prisoner" "escapes" the same day 9 troops are killed
What a coincidence.
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