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Snazzy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 01:53 AM
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Headless Corpse in Orange Jumpsuit Found in Iraq
Headless Corpse in Orange Jumpsuit Found in Iraq
Thu Jul 15, 2004 09:39 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A headless corpse dressed in an orange jumpsuit has been found by Iraqi police in the Tigris River and handed over to U.S. forces, but it has not yet been identified, a U.S. military spokeswoman said Thursday.

She said it was not known whether the body was that of a Bulgarian hostage killed by his captors earlier this week. A deadline for the threatened execution of a second Bulgarian hostage passed last night without news.

The body was found near Baiji, 112 miles north of Baghdad, Wednesday night.

"The body had been decapitated. It was dressed in an orange jumpsuit," the spokeswoman said.

Videotapes of foreign hostages in Iraq have often shown them wearing orange jumpsuits, which are typical of U.S. jails and associated around the world with images of Muslims detained at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5686355

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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 02:00 AM
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1. Oh for fucks sake.
Not another one.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 02:20 AM
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2. Bring um on Bush.... torture is as torture gets....
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 02:28 AM
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3. Yup.
They did exactly what he told them to do. Fucking idiot.
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 04:48 AM
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4. In the meantime, we've got a person missing from his village in Texas
in the White House.

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Puglover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 06:18 AM
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5. I think you mean "idiot"
Judi...
:evilgrin:
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 06:37 AM
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6. Ha! Was definitely thinking it.
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