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Suicide bomb instructor accidentally blows up his class
nytimes.com ^
| 2/10/2014
| DURAID ADNAN and TIM ARANGO
Posted on 02/11/2014 1:04:58 PM PST by armydawg505
BAGHDAD If there were such a thing, it would probably be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide bombers: Dont 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.
Iraqi citizens have long been accustomed to daily attacks on public markets, mosques, funerals and even childrens soccer games, so they saw the story of the fumbling militants as a dark and delicious kind of poetic justice, especially coming amid a protracted surge of violence led by the terrorist group, including a rise in suicide bombings.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: funny; idontsearch; iran; iraq; lebanon; syria; waronterror; yesterday
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To: armydawg505
So I assume that every student was awarded and ‘A’... Posthumously of course.
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02/11/2014 2:04:15 PM PST
by
jerod
(Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
To: armydawg505
“Now,I’m Only Going To Show This To You One Time,So Pay Attention”.............BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: Dr. Thorne
yeah, they all look like Helen Thomas..
after all they were (stupid) Islamic students..
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02/11/2014 2:04:49 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: armydawg505
"They blowed up real good."
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:05:50 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: armydawg505
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:12:10 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: armydawg505
I just love a happy ending!
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:16:10 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Grace is not opposed to human activity. It's opposed to human merit. MSH)
To: armydawg505
To: armydawg505
To: armydawg505
Unfortunately, in training, sooner or later you HAVE to let the students work with real explosives. You don't want their first attempt at a real bomb to be on their first mission.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:38:56 PM PST
by
JoeFromSidney
(Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
To: armydawg505; Chode
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:58:48 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
allahfubar...
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02/11/2014 4:22:55 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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