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Squirrel Spy Ring? Thats Nuts! (Iran captures rodent spies!)
SkyNews ^ | July 12, 2007

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; nuts; spies; spysquirrels; squirrels
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I know, I just posted a story about man-eating badgers released by British troops in Basra

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............)

1 posted on 07/12/2007 11:26:42 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
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To: ScaniaBoy

Dammit beat me to the badgers in your first comment!


2 posted on 07/12/2007 11:28:39 AM PDT by Domandred (Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Secret Squirrel ping.

3 posted on 07/12/2007 11:30:47 AM PDT by vikingd00d
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To: Domandred
Just wait until we release the killer rabbits...


4 posted on 07/12/2007 11:32:07 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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specially-trained gerbils as a secret weapon to sniff out spies Richard Gere.

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5 posted on 07/12/2007 11:32:33 AM PDT by Lurker (Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

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.


6 posted on 07/12/2007 11:33:25 AM PDT by Kevmo (We need to get away from the Kennedy Wing of the Republican Party ~Duncan Hunter)
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To: ScaniaBoy

“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


7 posted on 07/12/2007 11:33:31 AM PDT by GQuagmire (Giggety,Giggety,Giggety)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Rocky the spying squirrel


8 posted on 07/12/2007 11:34:45 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: ScaniaBoy
This story is nuttier than a squirrel turd!
9 posted on 07/12/2007 11:34:48 AM PDT by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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10 posted on 07/12/2007 11:35:41 AM PDT by MrEdd (L. Ron Gore creator of "Fry-n-tology" the global warming religion.)
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To: Lurker

11 posted on 07/12/2007 11:37:05 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: ScaniaBoy

They are getting info for the bat bombs that will come next.


12 posted on 07/12/2007 11:37:44 AM PDT by DejaJude
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To: ScaniaBoy

The Iranians are already working with the Russians. Why con’t they just call in Boris Badenov?


13 posted on 07/12/2007 11:38:06 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: ScaniaBoy

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.....


14 posted on 07/12/2007 11:38:42 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: ScaniaBoy

“I put bomb in squirrel’s briefcase and who gets blown up? Me!”


15 posted on 07/12/2007 11:40:24 AM PDT by samtheman
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If the Brits can outfit police with head cams, they're certainly capable of pulling this one off...
16 posted on 07/12/2007 11:40:42 AM PDT by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: ScaniaBoy

They work for peanuts.


17 posted on 07/12/2007 11:41:55 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: ScaniaBoy

18 posted on 07/12/2007 11:42:28 AM PDT by texas_mrs
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To: vikingd00d

19 posted on 07/12/2007 11:44:00 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: DejaJude
You mean these:

Bat Bombs Away!

20 posted on 07/12/2007 11:45:14 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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