Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear


	Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear

CrazyRedHead

5-7-2009 8:48 AM

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animals, humor, funny, idiots, pigs, swine flu, influenza, health, afghanistan

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5-7-2009 11:42 AM

tabsey

Good sense of humour.

5-7-2009 10:52 PM

merrie

I'm not worried about the flu, I just hope that little piggie is safe from harm.

5-8-2009 1:43 PM

AtlLiberal

There are no pig farms in Afghanistan and no direct civilian flights between Kabul and Mexico.

Evidently there are no science classes in Afghanistan either.

8-18-2009 11:37 AM

The Infowarrior

Of course not, the US government would never allow that.

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