"Achmed?"
"Yes, Abdul?"
"Hey, uh, this isn't really how I thought Heaven would be, you know?"
"I know. It's even hotter than Baghdad! And where are all those virgins?"
"I dunno, but, Allah be praised, we are successful martyrs after that ambush."
"Uh, hey, Abdul, I'm not sure it counts as martyrdom if an American Marine shoots you in a firefight."
"Oh...dang."
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I'm telling you, .50 caliber diplomacy can bring about great understanding.
Regarding the precision-fire specialist's concentration on his mission: Somewhere Carlos Hathcock is smiling.
"Achmed?"
"Yes, Abdul..."
"Would you go with me to Olan al-Mills to get our picture made?"
Begging the perennial journalist's dilemma, the eternal question: Is it better to be shot in a firefight or in the fracas?
>>"I know. It's even hotter than Baghdad! And where are all those virgins?"<<
Soon thereafter, Achmed and Abdul were led down the hotel corridor to a ballroom all their own - containing not just 144 (72 for each), but HUNDREDS of virgins, all courtesy of the regional Star Trek convention...
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