I sent a copy of the MEMRI report to my friend in Iraq. He responded with the following: "We had a meeting at a nearby Iraqi Army base a few weeks ago. They served lunch, which consists of trays of food and heaps of flatbread that everyone presses around and grabs with their hands. A community free-for-all feast. One of the meats served was a whole fish, some sort of carp I would think, from the Euphrates. The meat was spongy, but tender and tasty. "As to dumping bodies in the rivers, perhaps this fella is thinking of the Ganges?" Lawrence _____ A couple of quotes of Saudi Cleric Al-'Omar from the MEMRI report at <http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD115406> http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD115406 : "Do not believe the American reports. According to America it had around 2000 casualties, but in fact, the casualties number 40,000 or more." "The Americans are Dumping Their Casualties in the Tigris and Euphrates, and Iraqi Clerics Have Asked Me for a Fatwa about Eating the Fish." Lawrence