Given that the Saudis have been very nervous of Irans nuclear ambitions this could be enough excuse for them to make a preemptive strike against Tehran.
In the past the Saudis have tried to convince the US to attack Iran but they may just have to do the dirty work themselves. Though it would be a harder fight than them helping to put down the Bahrain protesters afraid that it would lead to a larger Shi'ite uprising in the area.
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The key to understanding just how fake this story is can be found in the New York Times report, which informs us:
“For the entire operation, the government’s confidential sources were monitored and guided by federal law enforcement agents, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District, said in the news conference. ‘So no explosives were actually ever placed anywhere,’ he said, ‘and no one was actually in ever in any danger.’”
Translation: the whole thing is phony from beginning to end.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:18, Reply)
but I get a bit frustrated with the attitude that the press have which is where if a terror plot is foiled at an early stage then somehow the security services are over-reacting or oppressing people. Whereas if they leave it too late everyone gets killed.
EDIT: And the term sheeple makes me want to hurt someone (not sure if you're using it ironically or not).
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)
This is another one of US law enforcement’s manufactured “anti-terrorist” triumphs, where the feds set somebody up, fabricate a “crime” out of thin air, and then proceed to “solve” a case that never really existed to begin with.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:25, Reply)
if it is all made up, or they don't simply want a new war
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:45, Reply)
despite even the american press admitting that it wasn't said
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:25, Reply)
"The idea that they would attempt to go to a Mexican drug cartel to solicit murder-for-hire to kill the Saudi ambassador, nobody could make that up, right?" Mrs Clinton said.
Are you implying that within a nation that houses many screenwriters and novelists, Hillary Clintons assertion above that nobody could make that up is in fact made up? Next you'll be telling us that the plot of Breaking Bad is fiction and somebody made THAT up! Loonie leftist.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:04, Reply)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckLO8HcNyo
(, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 1:18, Reply)
there is something very fishy about this, if only because the Iranian government isn't that stupid. I mean: plotting to kill a Saudi Ambassador on US soil? That's just asking for an almighty fist-fucking.
I suppose it might, at a push, have been a scheme cooked up by some part of the Iranian establishment; or it might be someone else trying to cook up trouble.
But while both Ahmedinijad and some of the Ayatollahs are pretty unpleasant, I'm not sure that they're this dumb.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:27, Reply)
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, however, are. And they have a history of doing crazy stuff, like when they kidnapped those British sailors.
They are a state within a state, essentially, with access to large amounts of money.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)
Because allegedly the Iranians had the bad luck to approach an undercover agent and as such there was no risk there's no crime here?
Also "Sheeple".... seriously?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:29, Reply)
I seem to remember the warship, the USS Vincennes, shooting down an Iranian airbus killing all 300 people aboard in 1988, and also a certain ex Secretary of Defense shaking hands with Saddam after selling him anthrax and mustard gas which Saddam used to kill half a million Iranians.....
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)
Every state kills, it's part of how they work. You don't need to go back over 20 years to find evidence of U.S state killing. However that doesn't mean they shouldn't be prosecuted when they're stupid enough to get caught planning to put a bomb in a restaurant.
Also having had Iranians I know for a fact defending the post revolutionary rulers just because the other side is "The great satan" is not going to get you any credibility.
Have a chat with a female friend of mine sometime that was locked up for weeks because she was given a lift home late one night with a male co-worker and was picked up my the morality police.
She and her husband had to flee Iran after that.
Both sides are arseholes, one side is more likely to cause harm to me though.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:10, Reply)
The announcement this late smacks of political opportunism
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"Mr Arbabsiar, who was arrested at New York's John F Kennedy airport on 29 September, has confessed to his involvement in the alleged plot, Mr Holder said."
Also there's the case American courts being public.
Well they could have given them one of those secret military trials that are all so popular but they've chosen and open court by the looks of things.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:15, Reply)
The president was briefed on this in June. It was the delay, especially when human lives were involved that made it look suspect.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:28, Reply)
I would suspect that between June and when he was picked up they were building a case.
Admittedly they could have bypassed due process and just bumped them off in June and that would be the end of it. So they probably are trying to embarrass the Iranian leadership.
Or, they could have been holding off waiting for the release of the American hikers/ spies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14897868
They could be fairly safe in the knowledge their undercover agent wouldn't be supplying explosives.
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And Coxxy's a fine one to talk! Coming across the pond, posting on our UK messageboard; with his "fanny-packs" and "have a nice day"s and "restrooms"....
*stands up, sings national anthem*
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Fanny's...
Last time I mixed up a vag and an arsehole I got a slap and had to sleep on the sofa.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:15, Reply)
obviously completly illegal and an act of war, unlike the US planning to execute a saudi prince in pakistan
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:41, Reply)
we're the good guys and they're the bad guys. You know, like in the movies.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:27, Reply)
Some old crap I made for a 10 second film competition
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:37, Reply)
grapes cause more accidents than banana skins in the UK. In fact, they cause more accidents than any other fruit.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Still looking good.
Still OK.
...
FUUUCK!!!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:36, Reply)
[centre-right on below linked image]
www.trsek.org/Rob/BF2/Photos/Maps/03p_dragon_valley.jpg
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:30, Reply)
Used to like spinning it while flying along (just these couple of seconds):
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hjy-26AiHL8#t=138s
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:05, Reply)
BF1942/desert combat were fro teh pros!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:02, Reply)
Attempting to land in Chambery airport (tiny little place in the Alps that supports loads of ski areas), lot of cloud about, pilot said he would attempt a landing rather than divert to Nice. Gentle sense of descent, then all of a sudden the engines went crazy and the pilot stuck a 737 on its tail and got out of there.
I've no idea what he saw - probably something not unlike this. The stench of adrenaline and sweat in the cabin was palpable until we landed in Nice 40 minutes later.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:02, Reply)
Can you get tablets to stop that from happening? What are the side effects? Does it make your willy small?
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Golf VR6, Honda H22A, Toyota Supra VVTI.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:10, Reply)
fight your way up the stairs to rescue your sick grandad and then break his spine on the corner of the swimming pool at the bottom...
arigato
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:45, Reply)
some of that looks painful..and those stairs have gotta be a killer on your back.
Its the thought of falling forwards and sliding down backwards on your front is the one that scares me. Most men would probaly agree.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:51, Reply)
My sides are sore from laughing. The face on the chap who keep sliding down is priceless!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)
If you think that the stairs are probably made of rubber and not rock.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:02, Reply)
probably a silly question, how do I embed youtube onto the links page?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:28, Reply)
Others will give you a better technical answer but what I always do is just get the title of the vid, put it into the youtube search engine and then cut and paste that URL.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Copy the address up to the & sign. If it's a youtu.be link, copy that into the address bard of a browser, and it will expand to the correct address i.e youtube.com
youtu.be/2bS_3JAGXS8 in browser address bar turns into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bS_3JAGXS8&feature=youtu.be so only use the text in bold.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:37, Reply)
Yes, yes they will.
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Really can't get enough of it's always sunny in philadelphia.
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Its quite a famous scene from it. Wondered if anyone else has seen it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:24, Reply)
and I love this show, however no one else I know seems to enjoy it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:36, Reply)
It does take a while to get fully into. But really some of the funniest stuff I have seen for a while.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:35, Reply)
Have you seen any of the new series yet?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:51, Reply)
Watching with the mrs. Always slows down the watching rate. I have a lot of free time. It beat Entourage etc for me.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)
I couldn't watch Entourage it bored me to death, Game of thrones is really good if your ok with the genre.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:26, Reply)
This fits way too well.
EDIT: It links to Youtube, but doesn't want to show the video here on /links. Bummer.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:13, Reply)
Hopefully this is a little less offensive than a kitteh vid... :)
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:56, Reply)
But I missed a sound track so here's you goes.
tubedubber.com/#kgELDr3fRKg:5_JmXCNPs6Y:0:100:0:18:1
[edit]
For some reason my youtube vids are muting by default today...
You're musics more lully.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:03, Reply)
I feel attached to Transformer of some sort. Dynobot?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:51, Reply)
and realise this is actually (for once) something within my technical capabilities, but sadly not within my imaginative ones...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)
I love pictures of dead people! Wait here, I'll just go and get the pictures of my dead nan out the cupboard for you to look at!
/I fail to see why you'd want to look at pictures of a dead
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:19, Reply)
www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/who/autoicon
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:22, Reply)
That's the reaction of a lot of my students when I tell them about it... One day, I'll remember to call in and say hello to him myself.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:27, Reply)
Because it also happens to include his penis, for some inexplicable reason, and he likes photos of his willy.
Seems logical to me.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Considering your previous (softcore) kiddie porn post that you didn't even NSFW.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:29, Reply)
This is how I picture the reaction from everyone.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:05, Reply)
This is a short animation that I recently wote the music for, I'm quite pleased with it, hope you like it.
(edit) I should say the animation is by Anthony Najjar
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:00, Reply)
I was dead impressed, especially as it was a student film. I hope he got a really good mark. As I said I only did the music so can't take any credit really.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:09, Reply)
Sorry, I haven't really been following this story. I'm aware of him employing one of his mates and that he may have been able to access MOD stuff. But that's about it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:03, Reply)
so quitely removed so we can't see who he gets in bed with... oh and bumsex - even though he's got a "beard"...
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:13, Reply)
Right wing minister who has opposed various gay initiatives over the years and is 'happily married' yet has 'good friends' stay over.
He has about 3 days before standing in front of his house with his wife holding hands and talking about how he wants to devote more time to his family.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:18, Reply)
And, yes, the innuendos have been there from the very first news article; but come on, let's wait until there's definitive proof before shouting "hypocrite" or "bumsex".
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:31, Reply)
I think you're on pretty firm ground shouting 'Liar' at him at this stage
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:33, Reply)
I don't like the prurient attitude of the Daily Mail et al who can't wait to revel in the salacious details of potential man-on-man action. And yes, if founded, then he's a MASSIVE hypocrite and hugely took advantage of his position. But at the moment the allegations are unfounded.... and as I say, they've been there from the very beginning.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)
... but when asked if werrity had profitted from their dealings his reply was more opaque than a really really opaque thing. I believe also he denied having met any foreign dignitaries with werrity - right up until a video emerged of them both meeting the Sri Lankan president.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:45, Reply)
As long as he can proove neither he or his mates made anything due to the dodgy meetings then let him sort his own life out.
I get the feeling the press smell blood so it will be interesting to see how it pans out. I'm also taking bets that if he does go he ends up as a non exec for a defence contractor within 18 months. Thats how it worked in the good old days.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)
Personally I don't care who he's fucking so long as it's not the country.
Tory MP is secretly gay shocker is as old as the hills.
I mean nobody seems to mind we have a same sex couple as PM and deputy so why this?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)
But if hiding something/anything about their private life causes them to do things that are unethical or put them in dodgy situations, then they should rightly be exposed.
General innuendo about someone's sex life is a different matter and just seedy. I thought the stuff with William Hague last year was particulary sordid on the part of the press.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:46, Reply)
So, did you want me to post the naked pics of you puking on/touching up the Big Chill bouncers or not?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:54, Reply)
and naked puking on strangers pretty much is the sum of my sex life atm.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:19, Reply)
www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/sun-demands-inquiry-into-whether-fox-does-it-with-men-201110124409/
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:37, Reply)
Man With Questionable Morals* Heads Up Government War Machine Shock
* - lying, fraud, adultery
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)
www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p007n12s/little_britain_the_shamed_mp/
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)
that site has had the updating message for a few years now if you check some snapshots over the past few years.
web.archive.org/
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 14:29, Reply)
Got his smoke on with snoop dog, woman interviewer has a panic!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 10:51, Reply)
where that brat bites his brother's finger and tells the camera that his brother bit him. Brilliant
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...has no one mentioned the bit with the dancing hamsters!?
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:30, Reply)
badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, snake, snaaake.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:40, Reply)
start singing 'gay bar' OMG !!! Lolololol !!!!1!
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 12:53, Reply)
and a cat plays them out on a keyboard
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:06, Reply)
debugging a machine to make a T shaped molecule last night.
but the one I'm most pleased with is this (hit "load" and paste it in):
b,6,9;b,8,7;m,7,11,90,1,crrorr;m,1,9,90,3,crrror;m,3,9,0,1,wwwjcuuodd;m,9,11,270,1,wwwwwwjcuuodd;m,8,11,270,1,wwwwwwjcuuodd;m,8,5,90,1,wwwwwwwwwjcrrorr;m,13,9,90,3,wwjwwcrol;
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:15, Reply)
It's an order of magnitude better.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:27, Reply)
hahaha that made me laugh....it better be here in 30 mins I'm hungry
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 10:17, Reply)
Really interesting doc from the BBC last night; About people that are born somewhere between male and female. Well worth watching.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 9:43, Reply)
baby chimp makes himself all dizzy then falls down. Morning /links :D x
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 9:13, Reply)
It's this repeated behaviour that turns them into mental poo-flinging monsters. It's true, google it.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 9:23, Reply)
This is my all time favourite chimp link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b50xDT7noBs
(sorry about the lolmatt logo)
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 9:29, Reply)
....bumstand \:D/
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 9:33, Reply)
And if anyone has yet to see Project Nim, they're missing out.
(, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 11:20, Reply)
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