It’s a strange, strange world we live in [BBC]:
British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.
Word spread among the populace that UK troops had introduced strange man-eating, bear-like beasts into the area to sow panic.
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The rumours spread because the animals had appeared near the British base at Basra airport.
The British, of course, deny any involvement:
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: “We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.”
(HT to Coming Anarchy)
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Modernity in the Middle East: Any century now!
Reminds me of this classic Internet viral vid. Some of you may remember it.
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Beat me to it.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You guys are culturally insensitive.
Puts them right up with Puerto Rico and Mexico, land of the blood sucking “Chupacabras”, and the hordes of Guatamalan Indians that beat a female backpacker nearly to death on suspicion of stealing a baby for body parts. At least in Basra, they do have honey badgers.
You guys laugh now, but it won’t be long until North Korea teams up with the Chinese mafia to smuggle these badgers into the United States. At least that is what Mike Chertoff’s gut tells him.