Israel might use pig fat to ward off suicide attacks

Ananova ^ | 2/13/04

[kattracks]

Israeli police are said to be considering putting bags of pig fat on buses and in shopping centres to try to deter Muslim suicide bombers.

The suggestion is based on the fact that strict Muslim tradition says any Muslim who comes in contact with a pig before dying will be denied access to paradise.

The Israel Insidermagazine quotes the Maariv newspaper saying the idea has been given the approval of Jerusalem's Rabbinical Court.

Russian security forces reportedly buried Chechen terrorists in pigskin last year in attempts to end their suicide bombing attacks.

Israeli police have considered using pigs, or pig products to ward off terrorism in the past, but needed a rabbinical permit to carry it out, as Judaism, like Islam, regards the pig as an unclean animal, said Maariv.

Previously, Israel's Minister without portfolio Gideon Ezra and others suggested burying the corpses of suicide bombers wrapped in pigskin as a deterrent. However, the proposal never got serious consideration in Israel, with opponents saying it would only serve to encourage suicide bombers, egged on by clerics claiming Jews were defiling Islamic burial rites.

Rabbi Eliezer Moshe Fisher, of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court, said: "There is no ban on using bags of lard when saving lives is concerned. They may be used in any place that might be a target for suicide bombings, such as schools, shopping malls and railway stations."

The Maariv also quotes the rabbi saying if pig fat isn't used on buses, tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews will arm themselves with toy water pistols filled with liquid lard to be used against terrorists.

[Cronos]

Err... isn't the lsmic taboo against pork derived from the Jewish laws?? This is a daft article.

[kattracks]

From the article:

The Israel Insidermagazine quotes the Maariv newspaper saying the idea has been given the approval of Jerusalem's Rabbinical Court.

[martin_fierro]

Sounds good.

Until some mullah issues a ... fat-wah.

> rimshot! <

[Consort]

It can lead to suetcide attacks.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Israel might use pig fat to ward off suicide attacks

... and on that (admittedly) disgusting note: I bid you a fond goodnight, one and all. :)

[CDHart]

I don't know why they didn't do this a long time ago--

Carolyn

[Living Free in NH]

Strap some pig fat to a few dozen MOABs...

[kcvl]

tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews will arm themselves with toy water pistols filled with liquid lard to be used against terrorists

[kattracks]

Or it could stymie the attacks.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

The Maariv also quotes the rabbi saying if pig fat isn't used on buses, tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews will arm themselves with toy water pistols filled with liquid lard to be used against terrorists.

Oh man.... Monty Python couldn't top that on their best day. I have now, officially, lost my mind.

[Kenton]

The Maariv also quotes the rabbi saying if pig fat isn't used on buses, tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews will arm themselves with toy water pistols filled with liquid lard to be used against terrorists.

As silly as it sounds, it might be a deterent against these superstitious, moon-worshipping bastards. I've been packing my hollowpoints with bacon fat ever since 9/11 (in a figurative sense, anyway).

[Guillermo]

How soon until some left wing/Islamic group claims the civil rights of the suicide bombers would be violated?

[Sam's Army]

"How soon until some left wing/Islamic group claims the civil rights of the suicide bombers would be violated?"

That would raise an interesting conumdrum since some Left Wingers don't believe in Heaven anyway.

[Former Proud Canadian]

They should take it even further. Put bomb sniffing pigs on every bus, every airport, and every border crossing. The french use them to sniff truffles, why can't the Israelis use them to sniff out killers?

[Guillermo]

But, since the Mohammedan terrorists believe in Heaven, they would have to put themselves in their shoes, thus, a violation of their civil rights.

[Sam's Army]

True, true. I guess this would show the lengths that the pro-terror left (secular in nature) would go to appease Hamas/Hizbollah, etc. while making no issue of their own belief, or lack thereof.

[SpinyNorman]

They should take it even further. Put bomb sniffing pigs on every bus, every airport, and every border crossing. The french use them to sniff truffles, why can't the Israelis use them to sniff out killers?

Oddly enough, that is a splendid idea! Kill two birds at once, and ensure one goes straight to hell, do not pass GO, do not collect 72 virgins!

[LibertarianInExile]

Arnold y'all didn't just crack that joke.

Course, next thing you know Israel Wilbur-y them thar terrorists with sides of backbacon.

[WackySam]