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BREAKING NEWS: 'Qatari royals' among 26 hunters kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq
« on: December 16, 2015, 07:45:12 pm »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3362669/Qatari-royals-26-hunters-kidnapped-gunmen-Iraq.html

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    Taken by gunmen on 50 vehicles with mounted machine guns, police said
    Group was snatched from camp in Bassiyah at 3am, its governor claimed
    Two Iraqi officers protecting them were also abducted but later released
    The hunters entered Iraq with 'official permit', said Qatar's foreign ministry
    Rich Gulf citizens known to travel to Middle East nations to hunt falcons
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: 'Qatari royals' among 26 hunters kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2015, 01:12:07 am »
What is there to "hunt" in Iraq?
Other than Christians and Jews, that is...
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: 'Qatari royals' among 26 hunters kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2015, 02:55:15 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 17, 2015, 01:12:07 am
What is there to "hunt" in Iraq?
Other than Christians and Jews, that is...

Not too many of those left.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: 'Qatari royals' among 26 hunters kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2015, 03:43:52 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 17, 2015, 01:12:07 am
What is there to "hunt" in Iraq?
Other than Christians and Jews, that is...

What they call hunting we call falconry.
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