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Forum: Current Events Topic: Iraq Booze is risky Business started by: GEOKARJO Posted by GEOKARJO on Jul. 21 2004,1:52 pm
< link >After nightfall, it was one of the busiest streets in postwar Baghdad. Cars lined up two and three thick, motors idling while drivers ducked into The Mirage or several other popular liquor shops to grab a six pack or a bottle of imported Scotch en route to a party. Now, Ghadeer Street has fallen dead silent. The sidewalks are littered with broken glass and dotted with heaps of neatly swept rubble, each marking a spot where, on several nights last week, precisely planted bombs exploded in the doorways of five liquor stores. "These are Islamic extremists who believe alcohol is bad. They want to impose their ideas on society by force, and they are taking advantage of democracy and the lack of security," said Sadiq Faraj, a real estate dealer whose office was damaged in one blast. "If Saddam [Hussein] were still in power, they would have been executed immediately." Posted by Uncle Ben on Jul. 21 2004,3:04 pm
The Iraqi will do OUR drugs now like boose and cigs! How dare they just smoke bhang and other cannabis preparations! |