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Old 01-04-2008, 01:36 PM
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OT: Dakar cancelled due to terrorist threats

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PARIS (AP) — The annual Dakar Rally was canceled Friday on the eve of the race across the Sahara Desert because of terror threats and the recent killings of a French family in Mauritania blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants.
Teh sucks. Does MB even still run in Dakar?

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Old 01-04-2008, 02:23 PM
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Well, it appears that americans aren't the only wimps in the world.
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Old 01-04-2008, 02:27 PM
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They just need to use slightly different chopers to film it thats all.




Insted of being afraid of these morons, BRING IT ON!
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Old 01-04-2008, 03:55 PM
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They should just give every car a couple AK-47s. It would be like the biathlon. Only instead of snow, sand. And instead of targets, dirty terrorists.

That's a disappointment, though ... was looking forward to watching the "next day taped" broadcasts. It's not like anyone is going to spoil the outcome beforehand. It's not often that you're standing in line at the grodery store and hear "Hey, did you see what happened in Dakar today?" Same with DTM ... it doesn't matter to me that the races they show on Speed occured like six months ago ... I have no idea what happened, so it's still interesting ...
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Old 01-04-2008, 04:37 PM
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They just need to use slightly different chopers to film it thats all.




Insted of being afraid of these morons, BRING IT ON!

Yah!!!!
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Old 01-04-2008, 05:07 PM
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Doesn't surprise me.
I think MB runs the support trucks, and after a diesel BMW won a stage, maybe they would run the M class.

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