IRAQI EX-PATS HOLD MEETING IN LONDON

Encouraged by U.S. saber-rattling, former Iraqi military officers and civilian opposition groups seeking a democratic Iraq gathered in London this weekend to discuss efforts to topple Saddam Hussein. An adjacent room hosted members of Afghanistan's U.S.-allied Northern Alliance, who keep banging on the wall and screaming, "Don't do it! Our country got crappier!"

The alliance against Saddam is made up of several groups with different agendas. The groups were able to get past their rich history of squabbling to at least come to the decision that they will hang Saddam Hussein and then drag him.

The conference was attended by representatives of the U.S. State Department and the Pentagon. However, the U.S. did not support the conference financially, which forced organizers to rely entirely on outside grants and, of course, proceeds from the $30 official conference T-shirt.

Conference organizers received multiple threats before the event, including a threat of a suicide attack at the conference hall. When no such attack materialized, attendees quickly gave credit to London's famous Bobbies, who had the conference hall surrounded in a fearsome display of bicycles, billy clubs, and impenetrable good cheer.


Courtesy of The Daily Show