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| Mar 25th, 2004 04:59 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
One more time and I'm gonna snap! 
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| Mar 25th, 2004 04:29 PM | ||
| AChimp |
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| Mar 25th, 2004 04:19 PM | ||
| kellychaos | Once they got locked into the whole "the wagons are circling" metaphor, the "noose is tightening" metaphor was the next logically progressive metaphor in the old west, cowboy motif. He IS a Texan, after all. They are clearly out of metaphors until maybe they bust out with the "trapdoor is sprung" or an "at death's door" metaphor at the very last tightening ... or some such. | |
| Mar 25th, 2004 09:49 AM | ||
| Dole | No noose is good noose. | |
| Mar 25th, 2004 09:39 AM | ||
| mburbank | I got to tell you, Since the Pkistanis fucked up this latest capture (or just plain lied to us about ever really intending to make a capture) I'm getting pretty starved for a Noose Tightening headline. You don't suppose the military is worrying that the whole Noose metaphor might be loosing credability? | |
| Mar 24th, 2004 04:14 PM | ||
| kellychaos | Yeah, but you only see the way it was tightening approximately 8 minutes ago. By the time THAT 8 minutes elapses, the tightening may have accelerated and you've already missed the very last tightening. | |
| Mar 24th, 2004 04:03 PM | ||
| mburbank | Seen from space, the Noose is clearly tightening. | |
| Mar 24th, 2004 03:57 PM | ||
| kellychaos | So it's all a matter of relative perspective? | |
| Mar 23rd, 2004 04:16 PM | ||
| mburbank | Just becuase they got away through a tunnel doesn't mean the Noose isn't getting tighter. The Noose obviously enclosed the area under attack AND the area under attack and pretty much most of the hemisphere. It's a big Noose, but It's TIGHTENING EVERY SECOND!! | |
| Mar 23rd, 2004 03:30 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
The noose is loose. 
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| Mar 22nd, 2004 08:59 AM | ||
| mburbank |
Al-Qaida Suspects May Have Fled in Tunnel By AHSANULLAH WAZIR, Associated Press Writer WANA, Pakistan - Top al-Qaida terrorists may have escaped a siege by thousands of Pakistani soldiers through several secret tunnels leading from mud fortresses to a dry mountain stream near the border with Afghanistan , a security chief said Monday. The longest tunnel found so far was more than 1 mile long and led from the homes of two local men — Nek Mohammed and Sharif Khan — to a stream near the frontier, said Brig. Mahmood Shah, head of security for Pakistan's tribal regions. "There is a possibility that the tunnel may have been used at the start of the operation," Shah told journalists in Peshawar, the provincial capital. He said the tunnels began at the homes in the village of Kaloosha and led in the direction of a mountain range that straddles the border. Three senior officials have told AP that they believe al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri may have been at the site, though the government has repeatedly said it does not know who is inside. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday that a "high-value" target was likely involved. The militants may have used the tunnel to escape during the disastrous first day of the operation on Mar. 16, when at least 15 soldiers were killed in fierce fighting. Still, Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, the commander of the operation, said over the weekend that authorities believe an important terrorist remains inside, based on the level of resistance of the holdouts. "BUT THE NOOSE IS STILL TIGHTENING!!!" he added, stating that surely now the united states could concider the whole not making a big deal out of the Nuclear Blackmarket thing a debt fully paid. |
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| Mar 21st, 2004 07:24 PM | ||
| mburbank | I think you're right, but the real question is, how will this being nothing effect the steady tightening of the really, really large, slowly tightening noose? | |
| Mar 21st, 2004 03:55 PM | ||
| Ronnie Raygun | I think this wil turn out to be nothing at all. | |
| Mar 20th, 2004 09:46 PM | ||
| kahljorn | Your mother's so fat she wears an equator sized noose. | |
| Mar 20th, 2004 07:20 PM | ||
| mburbank | I understand the Noose is still tightening today. | |
| Mar 20th, 2004 04:04 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
How do you tighten a moose? Verrrrrry carefully!  Somebody quick Photoshop one of them big game hunting pictures with Dubya field dressing Osama! Do it!! |
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| Mar 19th, 2004 11:38 PM | ||
| mesobe | maybe they are saying "moose" and not "noose". | |
| Mar 19th, 2004 06:50 PM | ||
| The_Rorschach |
You know, I was watching Empty Vee this morning and they were questioning youthful pedestrians in New York in regards to how they felt about an imminent capture of Osama Bin Laden. None of them particularly cared. I found that rather entertaining. |
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| Mar 19th, 2004 06:08 PM | ||
| mburbank | It's still tightening... | |
| Mar 18th, 2004 04:45 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
That's one hella big noose! 
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| Mar 18th, 2004 04:30 PM | ||
| mburbank | I don't think the attempts were by Al Quaeda, per se. I think his own intelligence service is reminding him who he works for. | |
| Mar 18th, 2004 04:11 PM | ||
| GAsux |
If... If the assasination attempts were Al Qaeda driven, I'd have to disagree with you. Historically Al Qeada has never been in the business of "sending messages" by NOT killing people. |
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| Mar 18th, 2004 03:28 PM | ||
| mburbank |
I think Mushariff has no idea who he's in control of and who he is not. It's possible that he's actually driving this and has enough forces loyal to him to pull it off. It's equally possible that this is a dog and pony show that's supposed to some degree pay off the US for not freaking out that Pakistan was basically the third worlds nuclear walmart. Concidering how deeply tied together Al Quaeda and Pakistan's intelligence service have always been, I think if Mushariff were actually about to do anything significant he'd be dead by now. I think the previous assasination attempts weren't failures. I think they were statements. I think they were a message saying "We can kill you any time we want." |
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| Mar 18th, 2004 03:07 PM | ||
| GAsux |
Probably But the reports aren't from the "noose tightening" administration. They're from various sources including President Musharaf who I'm sure is pretty eager to produce some results to keep the money bags flowing. I'm inclined to believe they probably have someone of substantial importance. The real argument to be made is why it took so long, assuming it's true. Poor weather aside, it's likely that bin Laden and his gang have been in the same mountains for quite some time. I'm suspicious of why it took so long to get the green light to go get them. |
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| Mar 18th, 2004 03:05 PM | ||
| Buffalo Tom |
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