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applegrove

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11. I saw a report on the news. It was just awful what these monsters did. I know the US claimed Saddam

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #9)

Wed May 13, 2020, 02:01 AM

May 2020

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Hussein threw babies out of incubators in the first war with Iraq under George Bush I. That was false propaganda that fooled everyone including amnesty international. This time it was a terrorist shoot out in a maternity hospital that went on for hours. Try cbc news.

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I really didn't want to post this. Tears. Lump in throat. Can't speak. 'Afghan attack: babies [View all] sprinkleeninow May 2020 OP

Hmmm..... BGBD May 2020 #1

It's horrifying. I don't know how anyone can comit atrocities like this. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #2

I don't see what they hoped to get out of killing babies so it makes me applegrove May 2020 #3

Yes, they are there; the Afghan state said they arrested a leader a couple of days ago muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #12

I shudder to know any more than i do. But thanks for clarifying. Vibes applegrove May 2020 #14

Makes me wonder why we were there in the 1st place. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #4

I seem to remember something about a 917-mile long natural gas pipeline. niyad May 2020 #7

So sad mercuryblues May 2020 #5

May the Goddess of Retribution deal with these monsters appropriately, and swiftly. niyad May 2020 #6

Yes. May they meet the same fate. applegrove May 2020 #8

Really? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #9

I saw a report on the news. It was just awful what these monsters did. I know the US claimed Saddam applegrove May 2020 #11

Debunked. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #16

Isn't that what Applegrove wrote? That the claim was bunk? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #17

I said it was propaganda. I was agreeing with you. Adding 'false' to make it applegrove May 2020 #18

Debunked like... LanternWaste May 2020 #19

They were confused. They thought i was saying the Saddam Hussein applegrove May 2020 #20

Yes, really. Ask MSF: muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #13

24 dead in all; MSF Head of Programmes says they targeted the maternity ward muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #21

Post removed Post removed May 2020 #10

WTF? malaise May 2020 #15