LTC Private RallyPoint Member 55443 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His<br />Class </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">NY Times</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">BAGHDAD - If there were such a thing, it would probably<br />be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide<br />bombers: Don't give lessons with live explosives.</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">In what represented a cautionary tale for terrorist<br />teachers, and a cause of dark humor for ordinary Iraqis, a commander at a<br />secluded terrorist training camp north of Baghdad unwittingly used a belt<br />packed with explosives while conducting a demonstration early Monday for a<br />group of militants, killing himself and 21 other members of the Islamic State<br />of Iraq and Syria, army and police officials said.</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br />Complete Story: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?ref=world">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?ref=world</a> 2014-02-11T09:35:47-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 55443

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His<br />Class </p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">NY Times</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">BAGHDAD - If there were such a thing, it would probably<br />be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide<br />bombers: Don't give lessons with live explosives.</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText">In what represented a cautionary tale for terrorist<br />teachers, and a cause of dark humor for ordinary Iraqis, a commander at a<br />secluded terrorist training camp north of Baghdad unwittingly used a belt<br />packed with explosives while conducting a demonstration early Monday for a<br />group of militants, killing himself and 21 other members of the Islamic State<br />of Iraq and Syria, army and police officials said.</p><br /><br /><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoPlainText"><p> </p></p><br /><br />Complete Story: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?ref=world">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?ref=world</a>

2014-02-11T09:35:47-05:00 2014-02-11T09:35:47-05:00 SFC William Swartz Jr 55447

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Saw this and just laughed my ass off, happened outside of Samarra where I was in '05-'06.

2014-02-11T09:38:55-05:00 2014-02-11T09:38:55-05:00 SSG Matthew Thomas 55465

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-1444"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpoetic-justice-suicide-bomb-trainer-in-iraq-accidentally-blows-up-his-class%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Poetic+Justice%3A+Suicide+Bomb+Trainer+in+Iraq+Accidentally+Blows+Up+His+Class&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpoetic-justice-suicide-bomb-trainer-in-iraq-accidentally-blows-up-his-class&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0APoetic Justice: Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/poetic-justice-suicide-bomb-trainer-in-iraq-accidentally-blows-up-his-class" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7340dbdc5d2efa87b25c5eeeb8a9ad9b" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/001/444/for_gallery_v2/claymore.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/001/444/large_v3/claymore.jpeg" alt="Claymore" /></a></div></div>And they say we are stupid for having warnings on everything.

2014-02-11T10:36:08-05:00 2014-02-11T10:36:08-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 55497

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was grinning from ear to ear when I heard about this, sir.  Clearly, they failed to give a proper safety briefing before this training event!  I wonder if they still get credit for martyrdom after blowing up all their terrorist buddies?

2014-02-11T11:34:09-05:00 2014-02-11T11:34:09-05:00 SGT Mitch McKinley 55498

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Demonstrator, post!

2014-02-11T11:38:13-05:00 2014-02-11T11:38:13-05:00 SFC James Baber 55910

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ce la vie (such as life), Karma is a B@#%h ain't it, LMAO.

2014-02-11T22:49:44-05:00 2014-02-11T22:49:44-05:00 SGT Nathan Huff 55938

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>the first thing that came to my mind was a puppet skit. " Achmid the dead terrorist"

2014-02-11T23:53:29-05:00 2014-02-11T23:53:29-05:00 Cpl Ray Fernandez 55939

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of guys. I'm hoping all of their remaining bomb designers, and trainers are just as skilled as this one.<br>

2014-02-11T23:58:37-05:00 2014-02-11T23:58:37-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 55944

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All this could have been avoided if they had only been wearing their reflective belts. Those terrorists will never learn!

2014-02-12T00:29:25-05:00 2014-02-12T00:29:25-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 55976

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Karma is alive and well in Iraq. And this is why all instructions in the Army are done at an 8th grade level for trainees...

2014-02-12T02:49:23-05:00 2014-02-12T02:49:23-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 55996

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hahaha.  I would encourage more of that.. hahahaha<br>

2014-02-12T04:42:59-05:00 2014-02-12T04:42:59-05:00 SGT Craig Northacker 126827

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It was a live fire exercise posted in English. <br /><br /> I remember when Communists used to blow themselves up putting in mines around Berlin. To me it was a mini 4th if July.

2014-05-14T15:51:16-04:00 2014-05-14T15:51:16-04:00 SGT Craig Northacker 126833

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>More effective than vasectomies...

2014-05-14T15:54:05-04:00 2014-05-14T15:54:05-04:00 SPC Stephen Bobchin 202414

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not gonna lie, when I first read the article, I had to check a few times to make sure I wasn't on the duffelblog. I think this guy gave a decent class though, even if he did fail the risk assessment...

2014-08-13T10:14:15-04:00 2014-08-13T10:14:15-04:00 2014-02-11T09:35:47-05:00