OT: Pentagon Warns Consumers on Iraqi Leader Playing Card Sellers

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Hi y'all,

 

I have received FIVE offers to buy these cards just today .. they claim

to be the company that produced them .. which is BS. Below is a warning

from the Pentagon .. and the cards are free.

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

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Don't buy any counterfeit cards; you can download the real McCoy free at

the following URL ..

 

http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi%20Freedom/iraqifreedom.asp

 

Pentagon warns consumers on Iraqi leader playing card sellers.

 

By Richard H.P. Sia, Congress Daily

U.S. defense officials are warning consumers to be wary of anyone

selling what is fast becoming the most highly prized souvenir of the war

against Iraq: a deck of playing cards depicting the 55 most wanted Iraqi

leaders.

 

Why? Because despite claims by some sellers on the eBay auction Web

site that a friendly government contractor discreetly released several

thousand decks to them, the Defense Intelligence Agency actually made

only 200 decks for distribution to select U.S. forces in Iraq to aid in

the hunt for senior Iraqis, a knowledgeable Defense official told

CongressDaily .

 

And to satisfy growing public curiosity and demand for the cards, the

full set has been available to download and print for free since last

Friday using links appearing on the Web sites of both the Defense

Department and U.S. Central Command. The set can be downloaded in

different sizes and formats, including a single 11-inch by 22-inch sheet

in an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file.

 

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0403/041503td1.htm