Posted on Feb 11, 2014
Poetic Justice: Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class
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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
Posted 10 y ago
Responses: 13
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?
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Saw this and just laughed my ass off, happened outside of Samarra where I was in '05-'06.
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All this could have been avoided if they had only been wearing their reflective belts. Those terrorists will never learn!
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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.
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the first thing that came to my mind was a puppet skit. " Achmid the dead terrorist"
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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...
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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.
I remember when Communists used to blow themselves up putting in mines around Berlin. To me it was a mini 4th if July.
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