Poetic Justice: Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:35:47 -0500

Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His
Class

NY Times

BAGHDAD - If there were such a thing, it would probably
be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide
bombers: Don't give lessons with live explosives.

In what represented a cautionary tale for terrorist
teachers, and a cause of dark humor for ordinary Iraqis, a commander at a
secluded terrorist training camp north of Baghdad unwittingly used a belt
packed with explosives while conducting a demonstration early Monday for a
group of militants, killing himself and 21 other members of the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria, army and police officials said.

Complete Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?ref=world

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Feb 11 at 2014 9:38 AM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:38:55 -0500

Saw this and just laughed my ass off, happened outside of Samarra where I was in '05-'06.

Response by SSG Matthew Thomas made Feb 11 at 2014 10:36 AM

SSG Matthew Thomas — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:36:08 -0500

And they say we are stupid for having warnings on everything.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 11 at 2014 11:34 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:34:09 -0500

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?

Response by SGT Mitch McKinley made Feb 11 at 2014 11:38 AM

SGT Mitch McKinley — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:38:13 -0500

Demonstrator, post!

Response by SFC James Baber made Feb 11 at 2014 10:49 PM

SFC James Baber — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:49:44 -0500

Ce la vie (such as life), Karma is a B@#%h ain't it, LMAO.

Response by SGT Nathan Huff made Feb 11 at 2014 11:53 PM

SGT Nathan Huff — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:53:29 -0500

the first thing that came to my mind was a puppet skit. " Achmid the dead terrorist"

Response by Cpl Ray Fernandez made Feb 11 at 2014 11:58 PM

Cpl Ray Fernandez — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:58:37 -0500

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.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 12 at 2014 12:29 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:29:25 -0500

All this could have been avoided if they had only been wearing their reflective belts. Those terrorists will never learn!

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 12 at 2014 2:49 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:49:23 -0500

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...

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 12 at 2014 4:42 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:42:59 -0500

Hahaha. I would encourage more of that.. hahahaha

Response by SGT Craig Northacker made May 14 at 2014 3:51 PM

SGT Craig Northacker — Wed, 14 May 2014 15:51:16 -0400

It was a live fire exercise posted in English.

I remember when Communists used to blow themselves up putting in mines around Berlin. To me it was a mini 4th if July.

Response by SGT Craig Northacker made May 14 at 2014 3:54 PM

SGT Craig Northacker — Wed, 14 May 2014 15:54:05 -0400

More effective than vasectomies...

Response by SPC Stephen Bobchin made Aug 13 at 2014 10:14 AM

SPC Stephen Bobchin — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:14:15 -0400

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...