A couple weeks ago, WikiLeaks released an archive of government and military documents about Iraq. For a couple days, people were reminded of Iraq and the war that is sort of over over there. Dysfunction..betrayal..loneliness..mass murder…. that’s fodder for stand-up comedy and 4-track audio recordings.
Here’s some material I contributed during the past 8 years of the Iraq Situation.
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A Nigerian terrorist tried to blow up a plane as it landed in Detroit Friday. Then Saturday, on the same flight, a would-be terrorist caused a scare that caused the plane to be held and searched when it landed.
I guess the new nickname is “Detroit Iraq City.”
U.S. intelligence believes that Al-Qaida may be moving cells out of Iraq and into neighboring countries. [ See story ]
In testimony today, the National Intelligence Director presented as evidence a Craig’s List ad “Your Morocco basement for my Mosul Pain Cave.”
New York Times reporters took questions at a blog about Life in Iraq. I sent them a few, but none were approved / posted / answered.
I did ramble and joke a bit, but my questions were worth answering.
I asked if cell phones are an integral part of life in Iraq. How many are in circulation/per capita? I wondered that, if widely adopted, if this was due to the probability of changed plans, emergencies. Or are there other factors at play, such as lack of land lines? What kind of ‘canned’ text messages come with the phone? (“running late”, “bridge blown up”)
An interesting question is whether Iraqis who are irritated by a loud public cellphone talker, simply silence the talker with bullets. Indeed, are there many ‘killings of convenience’ that the shooter justifies to himself and others as a sectarian or insurgent-related kill?
(SCENE: a local bakery)
Abi: This line is SOOO long. We’ll be here our entire lunch hour!
Zasi: (lifts a Remington out of pocket. Shoots every person in front of him in que)
Baker: Number 22? 23? 24? 25? 26? (looks around)…. 34, 35..
Abi: 35! We are 35!
Zasi: Praise Allah. We are rid of those dirty non-believers!
END SCENE
Maybe religion isn’t nearly as large a factor causing civil war as is commonly thought.
Another comic at Quick Comic, based on a joke I’ve been telling nearly four years now!
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