crankymessiah wrote:
] ] The minister also said that coalition forces were
] ] throwing booby traps in the form of pens and pencils into
] ] Iraqi villages and townships.
] ]
] ] "The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning
] ] to the civilian population not to pick up any of those
] ] pencils because they are booby traps," he said, adding
] ] that the British and American forces were "immoral
] ] mercenaries" and "war criminals" for such behavior.
] ]
] ] "I am not talking about the American people and the
] ] British people," he said. "I am talking about those
] ] mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those
] ] pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps
] ] to kill the children."
]
] I didn't quote the main parts of this article. I just wanted
] to quote this to see if anyone else thinks this is the most
] insanely bizarre bit of propoganda yet.

That one goes up near the top of the list! As well as the accusation that our jets are flying low in a deliberate attempt to cause cracks in the holy tombs inside of the mosques?? I haven't decided yet if that's just complete schizophrenia, deliberate propaganda, or if there's an Edgar Allen Poe "Telltale Heart" aspect to it... Like maybe something is hidden in those tombs that they're worried will be found?

Iraqi official: U.S. lying about progress