Iraqi Fisherman Says He Caught Americans
The fisherman had just decided to take up arms, and he shook with fear as the American convoy approached his hiding place. As he later told it, he fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a Humvee and ran away as fast as he could.Nobody gave chase, he said, and in the time that has passed since that April attack, his band of seven guerrillas has slipped into an easy rhythm of attacking American convoys every few days.
"I catch fish in the morning and Americans at night," he said. "Catching Americans is easier than catching fish."
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
Not quite what He had in mind, of course.
I think the Iraqi fisherman story is telling enough on its own. Adding the Bible quote seems like pointless, flamebaiting free association.
like viet nam-work in the rice paddies by day, at night shoot at americans.
As I said before, a live Castle Wolfenstein for muslims.
Adding the Bible quote seems like pointless, flamebaiting free association.
You're Goddamn right it was -- but failed pointless, flambaiting free association, unfortunately.
I should have gone with my original title:
Fish Stories
Very tastless but I laughed out loud so your in good company.
Nothing wrong with a bit of gallow's humour once in awhile.
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms, — never! never! never!"
- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, before the House of Lords in 1777
What I want to know is which border with Iraq did this fisherman cross -- the one with Syria, Iran or Saudi Arabia? And how deep are his connections with the Baathist Party?