Fisherman nets shark 200 km from sea. (The Yanks did it!)

[Mentalist]

NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A two-metre shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.


Karim Hasan Thamir said he was fishing with his sons last week when they spotted a large fish thrashing about in his net. "I recognised the fish as a shark because I have seen one on a television programme," he told Reuters.


The shark was pulled from the mouth of an irrigation canal that joins the Euphrates River. The Euphrates joins the Tigris River further east to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway which flows south past Basra into the Gulf.

Dr. Mohamed Ajah, assistant dean of the college of science at Thi Qar University in Nassiriya, said barriers in river estuaries usually prevented sharks swimming upstream.


"In this case, I think this animal was there for a long time but no one had managed to see it," he said.


Locals blamed the U.S. military for the shark's presence.


Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water.


"This is very frightening for us. Our children always swim in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I believe that America is behind this matter," said fisherman Hatim Karim.

75% chance!

He saw one on tv!

 

[CaptainWacky]

...what the fuck?

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Operation Jaws of Freedom: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

 

[bad dog]

LOL blame the Americans.

 

[The Dork Lord]

DEATH TO THE INFIDEL SHARK MONGERS!

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

References to "the Zionist Speilberg" will no doubt work their way into the propaganda machine in the next couple of days...

 

[Yub]

IT WAS BLACKWATER! THEY'RE BACK AND NOT TAKING PRISONERS FOLKS!

 

[whisky]

Wouldnt a shark die in the fresh water of a river?

 

[curiousa2z]

Tahseen Ali, a teacher, said there was a "75 percent chance" Americans had put the shark in the water.

:jayzus:

 

[Cassie]

I did it.

 

[CaptainWacky]

If it had been the americans, it would have been an exploding shark.

 

[Mentalist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk

 

[CaptainWacky]

exactly!