Well, maybe they drove all the way around to the other side and entered from there. There have been reports of people entering from Iran's border. It reminds me of a joke (an 11 year old joke keep in mind):

What did you do when you found out who is Iraq's neighbor?

I ran!

I know, poor humor at best. This is from BEFORE all of this of course and there is no hidden political message in this, just an 11 year old's humor with wordplay. If only we could go back to not seeing any hidden political meaning in everything we see and hear...

>Tracy,
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>I've hardly seen any coverage myself on this. A couple of days ago people in Jordan interviewed and scenes of passports being stamped at the Iraq (I guess) embassy and scenes of getting on a bus to the border.
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>I remember aaying to myself that any bus driver would be crazy to venture into Iraq at this time.
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>The cynic in me still hasn't decided if reports of this stuff has been squelched on military/Administration "request" or if it was really phoney in the first place or what.
>Still seems a very long stretch to me, but I sure have no idea how that culture thinks.
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>cheers
>>The only problem with these reports is that there have been no visual signs of any traffic INTO Iraq from Syria and Jordan. They take a bus to the border where they supposedly leave for Baghdad, but the satellites and journalists and forces on the ground have seen no traffic. Where are they going?
>>I watched a recent interview with two Arabic women. Both had relatives in Baghdad and each took a stance for/against the war. It was very interesting. Both were very adament on their position but both have the same background and situation with family inside where the bombs are falling. What was also interesting is that both claimed their family members inside Iraq told them that no one can leave the city because there are guards and militia at every intersection leaving out of Iraq with orders to shoot anyone that tries to leave. According to the guards, though, they are just there for security. Maybe we will never get the whole story...
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>SNIP