Rockets on donkeys hit major Baghdad sites

UPI ^ | 11/21/2003 | P. MITCHELL PROTHERO

[SJackson]

Israel: Donkey explodes next to bus; no major casualties

Rigged donkey explodes in Gush Etzion, Israel

The Irish Desert Fox (Inventor of the Donkey Bomb?)

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

"The donkey is doing just fine,"

[GulliverSwift]

Is it just me or does this article seem to have been written in a very derisive fashion (more than usual) toward our troops?

[sarasota]

Donkey explosions...the creativity of terrorism knows no bounds.

[Jack Wilson]

The guy who was wishing for a piece of ass may want to re-think it...

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"The enemy used homemade rocket launchers on carts attached to donkeys," Mansoor told reporters

Oh, great. Now they're using their own wives to attack us... :)

[Pikamax]

the AFP is even worse but I have to admit this section is funny to read. "The enemy used homemade rocket launchers on carts attached to donkeys," Mansoor told reporters. "The rockets were set to a timer and hidden under produce. We have some leads in both cases in our efforts to find who was behind these attacks."
About 250 meters away from the hotel, an agitated donkey tethered to a toppled cart could be seen in the custody of U.S. troops. According to the U.S. military and local witnesses, the donkey - acting without an accomplice - dragged the lettuce cart down the main street outside the hotel while a timer operated the rockets.
Apparently upon the beginning of the barrage, the donkey broke discipline and panicked, toppling the cart. At that point, the rockets disconnected from the timer, leaving them strewn around the street. Tethered to the now toppled cart, the donkey was unable to escape before the arrival of U.S. troops.
"The donkey is doing just fine," Mansoor told United Press International. Suggestions that the donkey be released to see whether he would walk home - possibly leading to the mastermind behind the attacks - went unheeded by U.S. military at the scene.

[76834]

You are BAD :))

[petercooper]

at least it wasn't donkeys on rockets

[norraad]

I think it's like the drug laws, the Donkey will be confiscated & sold at auction to pay for costs & reparations.

Seriously though, what a good idea to go after these animals (all inclusive) financially, somewhere there's a lot of cash floating around over there that could & should be taken away for better use than forcing donkeys to shoot rockets.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Can't PETA give it a rest???

[SJackson]

Suggestions that the donkey be released to see whether he would walk home - possibly leading to the mastermind behind the attacks - went unheeded by U.S. military at the scene.

Funny? It's a good idea. From The Irish Desert Fox (Inventor of the Donkey Bomb?)

The following night, as the Texans camped across the Rio Grande within earshot of the fort's adobe walls, Graydon worked on a weapon he hoped would bring the invasion to an abrupt end. It was something like a guided missile -- and yet nothing like it at all. He loaded boxes of 24-pounder howitzer shells on the backs of two old mules and led them through the icy waters of the river to the edge of the enemy camp. Assuming the mules would naturally join their Confederate counterparts tethered among the Rebel tents, he lit the fuses and sent the unsuspecting beasts trotting toward the Texans' campfires.

Graydon's assumption was dead wrong. The mules decided their fortunes lay with the last hands that had fed them: the Yankees. Graydon jogged toward Fort Craig, and the mules, with their sputtering fuses, trotted after him. He ran; they ran. Soon, explosions lit the night sky. Both Graydon and his intended victims escaped harm; the mules were not so lucky.

[CaptRon]

The D1A1, NATO designation the "Burro".

[GnuHere]

The next step: Cows with guns

http://www.shagrat.net/Html/cows.htm

Takes a while to load.

[GeorgiaYankee]

they used the symbol of their allies in the US!

[expatpat]

Now we are faced with a quagmire of donkeys.

[SirFishalot]

Is PETA planning a protest yet?

[KC_for_Freedom]

Donkey explosions...the creativity of terrorism knows no bounds.

Perhaps this is a good sign, no suicide, no automobile. Maybe the terrorists are running our of resources, we have always been told how expensive it is to get a car in the third world.

[Semper Paratus]

"When your are up to your ass in asses it's important to remember---"

[GulliverSwift]

Well what's wrong with trying to let the donkey walk home? That might be a good idea.