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Supercharts
31st March 2003, 11:06 AM
Some ass*ole drove a car through the gates of the UK Embassy in Iran.
Goshawk
31st March 2003, 01:15 PM
Erm, not "through the gates". "Into the wall".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2904583.stm
Truck smashes into UK's Iran embassy

A pick-up truck crashed into a compound wall of the British embassy in Tehran on Monday night, killing the driver.

No injuries to embassy staff have been reported.

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The vehicle burst into flames after hitting the wall, reports said. The crash happened at 2215 Iranian time (1845 GMT), close to the embassy's main gates. "Attack" or just another bad driver? We'll probably never know.
Andonyx
31st March 2003, 01:17 PM
Originally posted by Goshawk
Erm, not "through the gates". "Into the wall".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2904583.stm
"Attack" or just another bad driver? We'll probably never know.

That's the thing, my first reaction is this is not a terrorist, this is an 80 year old who's gas pedal, "got stuck."
CapelDodger
31st March 2003, 02:09 PM
From Adonyx:
That's the thing, my first reaction is this is not a terrorist, this is an 80 year old who's gas pedal, "got stuck."
Without making any judgement on this case, the world is going to be twitchy for a good while, I suspect.
Skeptic
31st March 2003, 04:34 PM
Apparently, it's an 80-year-old driver who smashed into a wall nowhere near the gate of the embassy, in a car that had no explosives or anything else.

Looks like a simple accident that just happened to involve the embassy by chance.
susheel
31st March 2003, 09:30 PM
What?!! You haven't heard of the U-F GFI (WNATE)? The Underfunded Geriatrics for Islam (With no access to Explosives).

Ask Jedi he will tell you all about them. They are the hidden scourge of America (the land of the free).
susheel
31st March 2003, 09:36 PM
Or maybe it was an April Fool joke gone terribly wrong:confused: .
Skeptic
1st April 2003, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by susheel
What?!! You haven't heard of the U-F GFI (WNATE)? The Underfunded Geriatrics for Islam (With no access to Explosives).

Ask Jedi he will tell you all about them. They are the hidden scourge of America (the land of the free).

Or, ask "A Unique Person" as to what the "real reasons" for U-F GFI (WNATE) terrorist attacks is, proving that it really is the jews/America's/ the West's fault all along.

Now, if we could only get AUP and JK involved in a discussion--satisfying for both of them, while letting the rest of us have some peace and quiet...
susheel
2nd April 2003, 08:32 PM
Come now, let's be fair. Frankly I believe that Unique Person's arguments are better than JK's. The problem is that he says things that many don't want to hear and then everyone pounces on him like a ton of bricks. The first reaction to most UP's posts is "Troll!!". Why? Because he has an opposing view?

JK on the other hand has so much of an exaggerated stance on things that I actually believe that he himself does not believe in half of what he spouts. That's a reason I removed his quote as my sig line.