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2006-02-09 Afghanistan
Taliban offer 100kg gold for killing cartoonist
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Posted by Fred 2006-02-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Mkay. 100 kg of gold One kilogram equals 32.15 troy ounces. Spot price is currently $557.40. Or, $1,790,755.00.

Okay, I had some spare time and was curious.
Posted by OregonGuy">OregonGuy  2006-02-09 02:18||   2006-02-09 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 
spread rumors far and wide that a colony of Danish cartoonist are setting up shop near Spin Boldak.

implace signs along way..

Dadullah's wiskers
are overgrown
and better than
A chaperone
Burma-Shave

Buffs
approaching, servos
squealing
Avoid that
Rundown feeling!
Burma-Shave

.....
Posted by RD 2006-02-09 03:30||   2006-02-09 03:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet finding Mullah Dadullah who offered the bounty wouldnt be as easy as killing an unarmed man .

Taliban , true to their word , everytime ! You can take that to the bank , honest *scorn*
Posted by MacNails 2006-02-09 04:08||   2006-02-09 04:08|| Front Page Top

#4 What do you suppose they'd offer for Ted Rall's head?
Posted by AzCat 2006-02-09 04:38||   2006-02-09 04:38|| Front Page Top

#5 100 kilos of fools´gold yes
Posted by Viking 2006-02-09 05:31||   2006-02-09 05:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Seventh Century thinking, displayed yet again. The rest of the world would have that amount of money in US dollars or Euros or some other easily exchanged currency. 100 kg of gold is entirely too much to be made into ornaments for one's women, entirely too heavy to carry around, and entirely too bulky to conceal from thieves. Clearly all that hiding has affected the workings of Mr. Dadullah's brain.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-09 07:32||   2006-02-09 07:32|| Front Page Top

#7 100 kg of gold is entirely too much to be made into ornaments for one's women, entirely too heavy to carry around, and entirely too bulky to conceal from thieves

Actually not. Density of gold is 19kg per liter so the volume is about 5.25 liters ie slightly more than a gallon. Or if you prefer it is roghly a cube of 7 inches side. And that it is easy to hide.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-02-09 07:43||   2006-02-09 07:43|| Front Page Top

#8 trailing wife

I got too late to congratulate you for your text of yesterday. Who proves once more that a big talent can fit in a small frame.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-02-09 07:45||   2006-02-09 07:45|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll bet they have absolutely no intention of ever paying off.
Did they provide an address where to go to collect?
If not, it's phony, if so finding them and jailing them for contract murder would be easy.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-09 08:37||   2006-02-09 08:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Agreed with JFM, I just read it. Superb.
Posted by 6 2006-02-09 08:54||   2006-02-09 08:54|| Front Page Top

#11 What do you suppose they'd offer for Ted Rall's head?

I got a big jar of pennies
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-02-09 08:56||   2006-02-09 08:56|| Front Page Top

#12 
pennys LOL
Posted by RD 2006-02-09 09:17||   2006-02-09 09:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Immunity from prosecution and a nice .30 cal rifle, and I'll do it for free. Oh, and a decent address where I can find either jerk. I consider them both deranged. Killing them would be like killing mad dogs or rabid wolves.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-02-09 09:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-02-09 09:51|| Front Page Top

#14 JFM, thanks for correcting the math I neglected to do. Darn it -- it was a really clever point except for being totally wrong. :-( Still 7th century, though.

I thank you and Mr. 6 for your kind words, and for being amongst my many teachers here at the 'Burg.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-09 20:41||   2006-02-09 20:41|| Front Page Top

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