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Vol. 15 · No. 121 · Friday, 9 October 2026

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BIDEN: 'Let's bomb those camel jockeys back to the Stone age' in Iraq and Syria

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WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Joe Biden, known for his occasional gaffes when speaking to groups, used what some have called an egregious racial slur during a meeting of the National Security Council, sources confirmed Friday evening.

The meeting of the NSC was a normal meeting for the President’s top advisors on matters of national security and foreign policy, but it quickly went off-track when Biden called on the Joint Chiefs to “bomb [those] ISIL camel jockeys back to the friggin' stone age.”

Apparently unaware of his gaffe, Biden continued speaking at length while aides frantically waved at him, trying to get him to stop.

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