Iraq group uses 'dog bomb' against U.S. forces

Reuters ^ | August 13 2006

[jmc1969]

An Iraqi insurgent group said it attacked U.S. forces near Baghdad by setting off explosives attached to a dog, according to a video posted on the Internet on Sunday.

A distant shot in a video issued by the group appeared to show a dog sitting on the side of a road as a military vehicle approached, moments before a large explosion occurred.

Iraq's Jihadi Factions, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces, said it carried out the attack in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, targeting U.S. forces, without giving a date.

[Gordongekko909]

I'm waiting for PETA to denounce this.

No, I'm not kidding.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Animals using animals...no suprise.

[HiTech RedNeck]

woof

[brytlea]

That was my first thought. This should really tick PETA off!
susie

[COEXERJ145]

The Russians did something very similar to the Germans in WWII.

[lesser_satan]

The PETA fruitcakes are the same Jew-hating psychopaths who compared barbecuing chickens to the holocaust, so that story in no way surprises me.

[ops33]

I saw a program on the History channel covering the fighting between the Nazi's and the Soviets. It seems the Soviets used the same technique to counter German tanks. They training dogs to run under tanks and then detonated the explosives. The tactic didn't last very long, the Germans just shot every dog they saw.

[piytar]

"I'm waiting for PETA to denounce this."

They will, but they will Blame Bush for it, not the terrorists. Remember, most PETA people are barking moonbats, and to them, EVERYTHING is GW Bush's fault...

No, I'm not kidding either.

[badpacifist]

PETA will say the dog was using its own free will to rid the land of imperialist oppressors...or something like that.

[capt. norm]

What...they're killing off their future barbecue meat?

If they sink any lower it's going to be like "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

"Osama, I know you and the rest of the guys are down here somewhere...."

[Slings and Arrows]

NO HELEN THOMAS PIX!

[DCBryan1]

Not the first time someone has thought of strapping bombs on a dog:

Soviet Bomb Dog in training. Soviets in the 1940's would starve dogs and only feed them under running tanks. They would set them loose when German Panzers were closing in on their positions and the dogs, with TELLER mines strapped to them would charge towards the tanks, making for a spectacular, if not interesting fireworks display.

Here is the article:

(Damn interesting article)

[PISANO]

The tactic didn't last very long, the Germans just shot every dog they saw.

I can hear it now, "WE will NOT do the same because to do so would put us in the same catagory as the NAZIS and we will then become that which we are fighting!!"

Words to DIE BY!!

[Steely Tom]

Gee this certainly doesn't sound like something one would do if one were desperate, does it.

[Lexinom]

72 bitches waiting for this noble creature?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Time for a pig bomb?

[Hoplite]

The tactic didn't last very long, the Germans just shot every dog they saw.

That and the dogs didn't differentiate between German and Soviet tanks too well.

Dog blows up German tank - celebrate, put oneself in for medal.
Dog blows up Soviet tank - hand off leash to unsuspecting frontovik, denounce Vlasovite traitors to the Motherland in front line unit to NKVD on way back to rear.

[Gordongekko909]

[depressed in 06]

PETA will do it, from the safety, in front of the White House, claiming the animals would be safe if there were no Americans to kill. The terrorist better not use kitty cats.