Posted on 07/12/2007 11:26:36 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
Police in Iran are reported to have taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying.
Britain's latest secret weapon?
The rodents were found near the Iranian border allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices.
The reports have come from the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). When asked about the confiscation of the spy squirrels, the national police chief said:
"I have heard about it, but I do not have precise information."
The IRNA said that the squirrels were kitted out by foreign intelligence services - but they were captured two weeks ago by police officers.
Britain's latest secret weapon?
A Foreign Office source told Sky News: "The story is nuts."
But if true, this would not be the first time animals have been used to spy.
During World War II the Allied Forces used pigeons to fly vital intelligence out of occupied France. More recently, US marines stationed in Kuwait have used chickens as a low-tech chemical detection system. And it is well documented that dolphins have been used to seek out underwater mines. It is even claimed that M15 once planned to recruit a team of specially-trained gerbils as a secret weapon to sniff out spies.
British blamed for Basra badgers
but when you are on to a good thing...
(Oh, yes.......the first Richard Gere joke in 3........2..........1............)
Dammit beat me to the badgers in your first comment!
Secret Squirrel ping.
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Another one for your not-a-ping list possibly.
I remember reading an article about a technician who was getting rich training rats to pull communication cables through walls. Having lots of eyes on the ground at a specific target site might prove useful to Special Ops type guys, but once it gets discovered, real trouble is brewing.
“It is even claimed that M15 once planned to recruit a team of specially-trained gerbils as a secret weapon to sniff out spies.”
Code name Colon Cowboy Brigayde
Rocky the spying squirrel
They are getting info for the bat bombs that will come next.
The Iranians are already working with the Russians. Why con’t they just call in Boris Badenov?
Comes as no surprise to my Rottweiller and black Lab.
They both are convinced squirrels are in fact the spawn of Satan and must be destroyed.....
“I put bomb in squirrel’s briefcase and who gets blown up? Me!”
They work for peanuts.
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