Earlier this year, our British allies released a powerful new weapon in the war on terror–the badger:
British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra. Word spread among the populace that UK troops had introduced strange man-eating, bear-like beasts into the area to sow panic.
Well, U.S. forces appear to have upped the ante. From Reuters:
NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A two-meter shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea. Karim Hasan Thamir said he was fishing with his sons last week when they spotted a large fish thrashing about in his net. “I recognized the fish as a shark because I have seen one on a television program,” he told Reuters…. Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark’s presence. Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a “75 percent chance” Americans had put the shark in the water. “This is very frightening for us. Our children always swim in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I believe that America is behind this matter,” said fisherman Hatim Karim.
What are the chances Hatim Karim is also a diarist at Daily Kos? I say “75 percent chance.”
