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An Irishman, a Frenchman, and an Afghani man are riding around the world in a balloon... When they are over Ireland, the Irish man picks up an enormous bag of potatoes and says I'm giving my country this bag of potatoes, in hopes that some hungry souls can find happiness from full bellies.' He tossed the bag of potatoes over the edge of the balloon's basket. The Frenchman and the Afghani man think giving things to their countries is a wonderful idea. They set course for France where the Frenchma…

Danny Scream Daniel Irwin was a private in my division, but none of us called him that. Everyone called him Danny Scream, because the night before our division would move out, he would scream bloody murder in his bunk. Got chewed out quite a few times for it. Anyways, our convoy was in a valley south of Kabul when this huge force of jihadists came over the ridge and descended on us. Danny was on the 50 cal a few Humvees back. I owe my life to him, because he took out so many of them. I remember,…

It was the first day back at school in Birmingham, England, and the teacher began calling out the names of the pupils: Mustafa al Eih Zeri? >Here Achmed El Kabul? >Here Fatima Bin Pardin? >Here Ali Abdul Olmi? >Here Mohammed Bin Kadir? >Here Ali Son al En? Silence in the classroom. Ali Son al En? Continued silence, as everyone looked around the room The teacher repeated the call, 'Ali Son al En?' Then a girl stood up and said >Sorry, teacher, I think that's me... >It's prono…

Registration on the first day back at school in Birmingham, ENGLAND. *Registration on the first day back at school in Birmingham, ENGLAND. The teacher began calling out the names of the pupils:* ""Mustafa Al Eih Zeri?"" ""Here"" ""Achmed El Kabul?"" ""Here"" ""Fatima Al Hayek? "" ""Here"" ""Ali Abdul Olmi?"" ""Here"" ""Mohammed Bin Kadir?"" ""Here"" ""Ali Son al En"" *silence in the classroom.* ""Ali Son al En"" *continued silence as everyone looked around the room.* *The teacher repeated the …

SUNDAY: 0800 - My 33 Sons 0830 - Osama Knows Best 0900 - I Dream of Mohammed 0930 - Let's Mecca Deal 1000 - The Kabul Hillbillies MONDAY: 0800 - Husseinfeld 0900 - Mad About Everything 0930 - Monday Night Stoning 1000 - Win Bin Laden's Money 1030 - Allah McBeal TUESDAY: 0800 - Wheel of Terror 0830 - The Price is Right if Osama Says it's Right 0900 - Children are Forbidden from Saying the Darndest Things 0930 - Taliban's Wackiest Public Execution Bloopers 1000 - Buffy the Yankee Imperialist Dog S…

A woman must walk 5 paces behind... Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walked behind their husbands, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime and women seemed happy to maintain the old custom. Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you still abi…

anderson cooper CNN anderson cooper did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. He noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands. He recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From his vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom. He approached one of …

A woman must walk 5 paces behind... Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul