Wednesday, June 10, 2009

AFGHAN VILLAGERS RIOT OVER SHORTAGE OF DAILY ESSENTIALS: FALAFEL, DONKEYS, AND MAN-SERVANTS

The AP is reporting that locals in the Afghan town of Peshawar have begun rioting over the lack of essentials that they blame on the US-led coalition forces.

"Where is my donkeeeeeeeeeeey?" wails Abdul bin al Shawari? "Without my donkey, how can I pay for my 8th wife?"

The complaints of bin al Shawari (pictured above w/ wife #4) are not uncommon in this village. Since the fall of Kabul, residents of Peshawar have dealt with an alarming lack of security in the once peaceful desert oasis. Compounding the unstable situations is the lack of Falafels; the main source of food for most.

"My Falafel tree has stopped producing this year. George W. Bush has sprayed an anti-Falafel pesticide on my crop," says Mohammed "don't call me Mahmoud" Zawahiri through an interpreter.

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