French, Russians parody 'most wanted' playing cards

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Thanks to Hoffmania for this... and if it's been posted already, whatever. Very amusing, take a look...

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09/25/france.us.carddeck.ap/index.html

French card deck names 'most dangerous' U.S. leaders

Friday, Sept. 26, 2003

The caption reads: "Head of a baseball club and director of Salem bin Laden's oil company (brother of Osama). Designated President of the United States by friends of his father at the Supreme Court before the vote count showed that he lost the elections."

PARIS, France (AP) -- The ace of spades? Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gets the honor in a new French deck of cards. President Bush is the king of diamonds and Osama bin Laden the joker.

The game takes a jab at the famous deck of cards created for U.S. soldiers hunting down ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and other leaders from the deposed regime.

"I found it completely indecent to present a manhunt as a game," said Thierry Meyssan, the man behind the French deck. "We thought this card game would allow us to ... explain why we consider the government of George Bush a threat to international security."

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09/26/offbeat.russia.cards.reut/index.html

Russian paper parodies most-wanted cards
Friday, Sept.26, 2003

MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- A Russian newspaper has trumped the U.S. government with playing cards featuring top American figures -- a parody of decks issued to U.S. troops during the Iraq war depicting the most-wanted figures in Saddam Hussein's ruling elite.

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The cards come complete with brief anecdotes about the figures, including "Laura Bush: Wife of President Bush Jr. She made her husband quit drinking."

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(What goes around, comes around.)