Snow in Bagdhad

[paparush]

By CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all. But Friday morning, as muezzins were calling the faithful to prayer, the people here awoke to something certifiably new.
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For the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.

Although the white flakes quickly dissolved into gray puddles, they brought an emotion rarely expressed in this desert capital snarled by army checkpoints, divided by concrete walls and ravaged by sectarian killings — delight.

"For the first time in my life I saw a snow-rain like this falling in Baghdad," said Mohammed Abdul-Hussein, a 63-year-old retiree from the New Baghdad area.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_first_snow_in_memory
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The weather keeps getting wilder, ya'll.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. Proof that..."The Surge Is Working"

What more do you need?

Edit...GOPer headline tomorrow morning..."If there really is such thing as "Global Warming" why is it getting that cold in Baghdad?"

[stillcool]

2. Snow?

.is that what we're calling it?

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200801100677
Massive U.S. air strikes pound insurgent havens south of Baghdad
By Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press

ZAMBARANIYAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes unleashed one of the most intense air strikes of the Iraq war Thursday, dropping more than 18,000 kilograms of explosives in a thunderous 10-minute onslaught on suspected "al-Qaida in Iraq" safe havens in Sunni farmlands south of Baghdad.

The mighty barrage, recalling the Pentagon's "shock and awe" raids during the 2003 invasion, appeared to mark a significant escalation in a countrywide offensive launched this week to try to cripple remaining insurgent strongholds.

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"Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds" the statement said. That tonnage would equal just over 18,000 kilograms.

[Snarkturian Clone]

3. Snowed there in 1816-

The Year Without a Summer.

[soulcore]

4. wow.

Global Climate Change, what's that?

:sarcasm: