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IRAQ: Honeymoon in Baghdad?

BahadliThe car was festooned with flowers. The bride was resplendent in a puffy white gown. ‎And what a tall, strapping bride she was! A bit too tall for soldiers who stopped the ‎seemingly happy couple as they approached a military checkpoint north of Baghdad ‎on Sunday.

According to a statement from Iraq's Ministry of Defense, ‎Iraqi troops got suspicious when the car tried to pass through the checkpoint without ‎stopping. The occupants were ordered out of the vehicle, and a pat-down search ‎quickly revealed that this was no ordinary couple. Iraqi officials said the bride, groom ‎and two escorts actually were wanted men suspected of involvement in insurgent ‎activity. The ministry statement included photographs of the men, both before and ‎after the wedding.‎   

— Tina Susman in Baghdad

Photo: The blushing "bride"; Credit: Iraq Defense Ministry

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The bride is the Son of the mass killer Abu Dra'a who is in Iran now he was trained early days in Iran and believed his involvements in a lot of Iraqi killing which one of them he Boiled the victim and put it in front of his house after two days later.

These sort of criminals should be hanged and never been left on the run, and Iranians are harboring them and supporting them.

Mazal tov! The bride looks like Tom Petty.

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