al-Maliki "We Are Ready for Kuwait"

Vatican City, State of Vatican City: During an unscheduled press conference this afternoon at the Vatican, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki boosted about recent Iraqi military victories in Basrah and attempts at victory in Musil, adding, "I think we are ready for Kuwait."

The comment was immediately interrupted by tens of reporters asking al-Maliki to elaborate but to everybody's disappointment, al-Maliki simply walked away from the podium, leaving the world wondering about what he might have meant.

Hundreds of thousands of Kuwaitis have evacuated their homes and caught Europe-bound flights for fear of their lives. The Kuwaiti government has not commented on the crisis, hoping that it was just a joke. However, Mr. salim al-Abdallah al-Jabir al-Sabah, Kuwait's ambassador to the United States told Pivazistan that "if this is about the debt issue, I am sure we can resolve it diplomatically."

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