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Badgers! Released by UK troops in Basra! To kill Iraqi farmers and their cattle! (Or maybe not.)

To me, the most bizarre thing about that report is that at the time of writing, the BBC is illustrating it with a photo of a coatimundi (which is emphatically neither a badger nor from Iraq). (Edit: they've spotted that and put a genuine honey badger there now.)

Date: 2007-07-12 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angeoverhere.livejournal.com
*is rendered speechless through giggling*

Date: 2007-07-12 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sinboy.livejournal.com
Were snakes and mushrooms were found nearby?

Date: 2007-07-12 02:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sashajwolf.livejournal.com
I think that must be the loudest I've laughed since my office-mate joined us - at any rate, this is the first time she's come over to look at my screen to see what set me off...

Date: 2007-07-12 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lolliepopp.livejournal.com
I am amazed with teh stupid, but me and boss did just giggle for a long while.

L
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Date: 2007-07-12 03:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelybug.livejournal.com
I think that is a honey badger. Is it a different picture to earlier? Cool story!

Date: 2007-07-12 04:11 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] djm4
Yes, they've changed it now. Someone probably had a word.

Date: 2007-07-12 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sashajwolf.livejournal.com
I reported it - obviously, though, I don't know how many other people did!

Date: 2007-07-12 09:35 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adjectivegail
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.

*glee*

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