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Posted: Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 01:15 PM UTC
As if war is not ghastly enough: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2008/10/06/allied-reptiles/
youngc
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 09:44 AM UTC
Hi Fred,

I've seen this story before in the Guinness World Record Book. I have the 2003 and 2007 copies, the story features in both:

2003

2007

As you can see, the figures have been exaggerated just a bit in the second article!

980 of 1000 is a staggering number of dead due to crocodiles all the same.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 01:34 AM UTC
OMG! What a horrible way to go! This is comparable to the ordeal of the crew of the USS Indianapolis.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 02:38 PM UTC
You know, maybe it is just me but after the first, say 500 guys got eaten by crocs, I think someone would have had a sit down and thought of another option...

Shaun

/What a way to go
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Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 08:09 PM UTC

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You know, maybe it is just me but after the first, say 500 guys got eaten by crocs, I think someone would have had a sit down and thought of another option...

Like suicide...

I think that the death toll due to crocodiles is quite an exaggeration. I can imagine that many soldiers seeing how hopeless their situation was would rather commit suicide than be attacked by a croc.
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 08:58 AM UTC
Hi
Yeh I've read that article somewhere before, pretty horrible. What a way to go.
Any 1 going to turn it into a film ( only joking ).
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