Jokes flush to the left margin are from ott.general: Oct. 12 2001 14:52:07 PST.
Jokes indented underneath these are examples of earlier versions of these jokes from other sources.

If you need a good laugh at a time like this, here are some good jokes. Enjoy! I know I did :)

Q: What is Osama going as for Halloween?
A: A dead man.

You know what Osama Bin Laden is going to be for Halloween?....A DEAD GUY!!!!"

Hider 2001: Oct. 3 2001 10:51 PM

Q: What do Bin Laden and Hiroshima have in common?
A: Nothing, yet.

Q: What is in common between Baghdad and Hiroshima?A: Nothing. Yet. (No flames please, just a joke)

alt.desert-storm: Apr. 11 1991

Q: How do you play Taliban bingo?
A: B-52...F-16...B-1...

How do you play Iraqi bingo?
B-52...F-16...B-52 [sic]

rec.humor.funny: Feb. 25 1991 22:17:42 PST

Q: What is the Taliban's national bird?
A: Duck

Q: What's the national bird of Iraq?
A: DUCK!

rec.humor: Feb. 20 1991 08:09:46 PST

Q: How is Bin Laden like Fred Flintstone?
A: Both may look out their windows and see Rubble.

What do Saddam and Fred Flintstone have in common?
When they look out their window, the only thing they see is Rubble.
rec.humor: Jun. 24 1991 21:39:00 PST

Q: What does osama bin laden and General Custer have in common?
A: They both want to know where those Tomahawks are coming from!

What does Sadaam Hussein and General Custer have in common?
They both want to know where the hell are those Tomahawks are coming from!

rec.humor.funny: May 14 1991 23:29:37 PST

Q: What's the difference between the Taliban and a bucket of shit?
A: the bucket

What's the difference between a lawyer and a bucket of shit?
The bucket.

rec.humor: Oct. 14 1993 08:12:02 PST

Q: What's the five day forecast for Afghanistan?
A: Two days.

What's the five-day forecast for Harrisburg Pennsylvania? Two days, with temperatures to reach five thousand degrees.

Goodwin: 2001, dated 1979.

Q: What's the difference between Christmas and osama bin laden?
A: There will be a Christmas in December

Someone made a joke today, and I didn't laugh (What's the difference between Christmas and Afganistan... Christmas will be there next year) nor found it remotely funny. Some people have very short memories.

pgh.opinion: Sept. 14 2001 20:28:54 PST

Q: Why is Osama frustrated?
A: Osama not Bin Laden awhile.

[Presumably this joke relies on being told orally, so that the teller can mispronounce "Bin Laden" with a long "a," thus implying that Osama has not "been laid (had sex) in a while." ­BE]

Q: Why do Talibans wear robes?
A: So the camels won't hear the zipper.

Sheep can hear a zipper from about 100 yards off, which is why us shephards wear long flowing robes.

rec.food.veg: Dec. 03 1994 11:40:56 PST

Do you know why Arab's wear robes?
Because camels can hear a zipper mile away.

aus.jokes: Jan. 28 1998

Q: Why don't bin laden's people eat shit sandwiches?
A: they can't stand bread

Seen in the Wesleyan tunnels: "The rumor that Ronald Reagan eats shit sandwiches is not true, he doesn't like bread."

alt.fan.dan-quayle: Mar. 01 1993 06:09:53 PST

Q: Why doesn't the Taliban have drivers ed and sex ed classes on the same day?
A: because the camels can't handle it

Q: Why can't the IRAQIS (sp?) teach Driver's Ed and Sex Ed at the same time?
A: It's too hard on the camels.

alt.sex: Sept. 06 1990 13:25:40 PST

Q: How many bin laden terrorists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: No one may ever know.

"How Many Buddhists Does It Take to Screw In A Light Bulb?"
No one will ever know. To a Buddhist there is always plenty of light, the light bulb is only an illusion, as is the fact that the old one burned out, and they have no *desire* to change anything.

talk.religion.buddhism: May 29 1997

Q: What's orange and looks good on taliban militiamen?
A: Napalm.

What's Red and Orange and looks good on Hippies?
NAPALM!

git.tech.futures: Sept. 20 2000

Q:What do you get when you cross a B-52 bomber and osama bin ladin?
A: an expensive fire work show

Q: What will OSAMA say his name stands for now?
A: Oh Shit - America's Mauling Afghanistan (the taliban assholes, that is :)

Q: How do you clear a afganistan bingo hall?
A: Yell b-52 as loud as you can

From a radio show:How do you break up an Iraqi bingo game?
Call out B-52!

alt.desert-storm: Apr. 11 1991

Q : What do you call Osama's stinkin' corpse in the desert?
A: Osama been Rottin'.

Q: How does a member of the taliban have safe sex?
A: They put a red X on the camels that kick.

Q. How is safe sex made possible in a Muslim country?
A. By making an 'X' mark on camels that don't kick.

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