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The rules of the game:
All nations are always eligible for American actions. This color-coded list of nations bombed, invaded, or toppled by the U.S. is for contestants' convenience only.
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Predictions for overt action cannot be nations where the U.S. military is already deployed. So this morning, you can't guess Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Haiti, Iraq, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, the Philippines, or Tunisia (tune in tomorrow for updates).
Date of covert action will be the date said covert action is first reported in the mainstream media, not the date of the actual covert action (since we the people don't hear of such shenanigans till years after the fact, if ever).
Also, please pick an exact month, date, and year (not just 'Springtime' or 'within the next few years').
God bless America, but God, His/Her dependants and employees are not eligible to participate in this contest.
Limit one entry per person, please.
Remember, when America plays "Los Angeles Policeman of the World," the next round is always underway before you know it...
You too could be a winner!
We hope you have more fun playing this game than the people in these countries have when the US plays for real!
Corrections to the list are welcome; just drop us an email.
Thanks, Jerry and Kathleen V., for corrections and further information.
And for those who scratch their heads or become furious wondering why we're playing this game, our answer is here.
[Past winners]
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How to play
Los Angeles
Policeman of the World
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Hey, if you need help making
your picks, it might help if
you bone up on the history of
U.S. foreign policy.
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Past winners:
2/24/2007:
Congratulations to PJ of Los Angeles, who predicted overt action by American forces in Ethiopia on May 1, 2007. Though the action in Ethiopia was covert (reported by the New York Times on 2/24/2007 as having happened in January 2007), nobody else picked Ethiopia at all, so PJ wins.
1/11/2007:
Congratulations to Rebecca of Boise, who predicted overt action by American forces in Iraq on January 10, 2007, "to coincide with the President's speech". Rebecca was only off by just one day, as American forces stormed and seized the Iranian consulate (Iranian territory, under international law) in Irbil, Iraq on Thursday, January 11.
3/17/2004:
Congratulations to Merideth L. of New York City, who predicted overt action by American forces in Morocco on March 1, 2004. Merideth was only off by two weeks.
3/1/2004:
Congratulations to Randy of Durham NC, who predicted overt action by American forces in Haiti during April 2004. Randy was only off by a month or so.
4/10/2003:
Congratulations to Mark Z., who predicted overt action by American forces in the Philippines during April 2003, and was only off by a few weeks.
There's much more than this at Unknown News.
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