Did I really hear on the news that another pipeline is burning in Iraq?

Ripley

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Sat Oct-11-03 10:56 AM
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Did I really hear on the news that another pipeline is burning in Iraq?

Or am I hallucinating?

I thought I heard CNN briefly say a pipeline was burning out of control but officials assured us it wasn't sabotage.

How can they possibly assure that? Do pipelines just spontaneously combust?

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DuctapeFatwa

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:05 AM
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1. It is a very upbeat and positive fire

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Gin

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:26 AM
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9. A happy fire...Iuv that.

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Maple

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:07 AM
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2. Two pipelines

in N Iraq were blown up last night. Two people killed.

There's a news report about it around here somewhere.

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Ripley

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:10 AM
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4. Wow, really?

Edited on Sat Oct-11-03 11:13 AM by Ripley

I didn't see it anywhere. Criminy, every time this happens it is a huge SETBACK for the Iraqi's "booming economic recovery." :crazy:

Found it in LBN..."The first explosion was caused by a bomb planted on the pipeline and the second pipeline blew up because of the heat, firefighters said."

So CNN is outright lying now. I swear they said it was NOT sabotage. So planting a bomb on the pipeline is what? An Iraqi national pastime?

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JohnyCanuck

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:07 AM
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3. Have'nt you heard it gets really, really hot in Iraq?

Apparently hot enough for oil pipelines to sponteneously combust. Now let's get back to the important stuff. Any new developments in the Kobe Bryant case? Heard of any shark attacks lately?

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Warren Stuart

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:19 AM
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7. Did you hear the one about the wounded soldier

Did you hear the one about the wounded soldier who was injured in an ambush, he wrote to say how wonderful things were in Iraq, and how we never hear of the good news.

Private Pangloss and the best of all possible quagmires.

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leftchick

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:17 AM
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5. here is a link...

Edited on Sat Oct-11-03 11:34 AM by leftchick

with a photo from LBN this AM....
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0B8BCC1F-445D-48A6-A22C-34A0431225C4.htm

also saw it mentioned on MSRNC this morning but things are going really, REALLY swell otherwise!

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cosmicdot

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:19 AM
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6. it's not to justify money given Halliburton

so stop thinking that

:spank:

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Ripley

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:22 AM
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8. You know I forgot it's Saturday and CNN just doesn't do Saturdays.

They only have touchy feely shows about Arnold on the weekends. Heavens to Betsy why would they want to cover a story about chaos in Iraq when the President told us on the radio everything is going really really, uh, normal.

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the_real_38

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Sat Oct-11-03 11:40 AM
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10. The president's tax cuts will deal with that fire...

...n/t

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burrowowl

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Sat Oct-11-03 12:13 PM
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11. I heard that

a lot of pipeline fires are not being reported.
Just the ones that are caught by the press.

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