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I think I read this chapter regarding endless wars and killings in 1984. But, on the other hand, maybe these guys want to die twice. Then they get 154 virgins. Not bad work if you can get it.
PARIS -- Is "killed by a drone strike" the new "alive and well"? If you pay close enough attention, it makes you wonder what's really going on.
Here's how this charade usually goes: One or more major news organizations runs a story about some Middle Eastern terrorist being killed in a drone strike, usually in Pakistan. The reports, typically generated by some murky Pakistani intelligence source -- are neither confirmed nor denied by U.S. intelligence. The boilerplate response is instead something like, "We can only confirm they were in the area." It's kind of like asking, "Did you sleep with...
Not to be a nitpicker, but 2 X 72(virgins) = 144 virgins. Of course, there may be 10 bonus points for dying twice.
Of course, I don't know what those idiots want with even one virgin. Give me a case of Bud, a loose little cutie for the weekend, and I'm not killing myself or anyone else!