Filed under: Feature, General News — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on March 27, 2008 @ 7:00 pm CET
Quite funny: Iraqi doctors have named a disease after US company Blackwater Worldwide. The reason? The disease “threatens the lives of thousands.” Not only that, it also quicks very quickly: once someone is infected with it, he or she may die within 24 hours. Sadly though, the disease isn’t new: “Unfortunately for these shoot-from-the-hip scribblers, the common name for falciparum malaria goes back to the 19th century, colonial days in Africa and Asia, when pissing black meant you were going to be dead soon.” But it’s still humorous, isn’t it?
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1 Peter McHugh
March 30, 2008 @ 5:42 pm CESTNot really humourous; Certainly not to the families of Blackwater guys who have given their lives in support of protecting diplomats in Iraq and Afghanistan! Not humourous to those of us for whom the Blackwater protection meant safety and ability to do important things in dangerous places!
Humorous perhaps to folks not at risk here at home, whose opportunity to point fingers benefits from the dedicated efforts of Blackwater employees, most of which are former Seals, SOF or TF-160th folks continuing to support their Nation in difficult places!
No, not humourous, at all!
2 miguel brito
April 3, 2008 @ 1:43 am CESTyea considering how many inocent people they kill, guess they didnt do enough of that while they wern’t getting payed while in the army. if ur getting paid, your more likley to shoot now and maby possibly ask questions after. supporting the nation? more like mercanaries tryin to make a little bit of money while the people on top make the real bills.