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Hillary Says 8-Year-Old Bosnian Girl Was Actually Sniper; Bouquet of Flowers Hid Semiautomatic Weapon

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The Borowitz Report strikes again. The link takes you to his earlier satire on this issue. The new one is here.

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Accused in recent days of embellishing her story of a brush with sniper fire in Bosnia, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today said "don't be fooled" by photos showing her being greeted at the airport by a pony-tailed 8-year-old Bosnian girl with a bouquet of flowers.

"That was no little girl," Sen. Clinton told reporters in Gary, Indiana. "That was a covert ops midget sniper."

The New York senator said that moments after the "so-called little girl" presented her with the flowers, she revealed what the bouquet had been hiding: "a tiny semi-automatic weapon."

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Reply#1 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:13 PM EDT
{"commentId":1622259,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}

Dude, midget snipers with midget suppressed Dragunovs would be awesome.

P.S. - Bunny ears?

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#1.1 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:29 PM EDT
{"commentId":1622365,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Dude, midget snipers with midget suppressed Dragunovs would be awesome.

P.S. - Bunny ears?

It's an easter thing. It's temporary.

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    #1.2 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:52 PM EDT
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    Reply#2 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:51 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1622440,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}

    Nothing like laughing at a guy's satire while simultaneously trying to measure his nose from an Internet pic. Seriously, how big is that thing?

    Funny seed.

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    Reply#3 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:08 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1622509,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
    Seriously, how big is that thing?

    That's what she said!

    Oh, wait, Which thing? The ears? The cell phone I'm holding to take the photo?

    I took 3 photos Sunday after helping with an easter egg hunt. The others are here.

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    #3.1 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:22 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1622601,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}

    I think he means Borowitz's nose.

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    #3.2 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1622603,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}

    Borowitz's nose.

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    #3.3 - Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1626515,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

    Ah, ok. Thanks for explaining.

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    #3.4 - Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:47 PM EDT
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    Reply#4 - Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:31 AM EDT
    {"commentId":1637686,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}

    For more fun and games with this sniper story, see a cartoon here. This one has her claiming to be at Normandy beach; another one I saw has her raising the flag at Iwo Jima.

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    Reply#5 - Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:16 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1638182,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

    Thanks for the links.

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    #5.1 - Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:38 PM EDT
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