Taliban Invent & Deploy Bird Bomb in Northern Afghanistan ...

Khaama Press ^ | Sat Nov 29 2014, | MIRWAIS JALALZAI

[DogByte6RER]

Well ... if they have graduated up to birds, it seems as though they are getting smarter; I'll give them that.

[txnativegop]

Maybe we could ship a whole bunch of ALF types to the area and watch the fun begin.

[SandRat]

Someone scream this story to PETA.

[jsanders2001]

Homing pigeons is the answer...: )

[txnativegop]

PETA wouldn’t care — they would say the animal died a good death killing people who wanted to cook it for dinner.

[DJ Taylor]

I’m going to have to call BS on this one.

[Birdsbane]

For having been exploded, there is sure a lot left to this bird, like all of it. What next, mice with firecrackers?

[fhayek]

What species is that? I mean I may need to be extra careful if I decide to go for a Big Year in 2015.

[Lurker]

Police chick point?

[BenLurkin]

“Well, have you heard about the bird?”

[MeshugeMikey]

.” One brave soldier set it on fire to the bird with a sniper and there was a considerable explosion. (sic)”

the bird in those photos was no where near a “considerable explosion”

[gleeaikin]

Well, it’s a lot cheeper ;-) than drones. Historical note, Persians did use homing pigeons for message sending if I remember correctly. Is this a Birdstastrophe?

[BenLurkin]

Something similar has been tried in the past

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

[OL Hickory]

So... they really want us to revise the old “bat bombs” from ww2?

http://www.bing.com/search?q=bat+bomb+ww2&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=bat+bomb+ww2&sc=1-12&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=efe9bf51007a4acf80a7095874023115

[roadcat]

What next, mice with firecrackers?

In the movie "Wanted", a truckload of hundreds of rats each with attached bombs were set loose on a warehouse of enemy combatants.

[MV=PY]

“Well, have you heard about the bird?”

[Rodamala]

STOP THAT PIGEON!

[arderkrag]

Maybe they sent the birds draft numbers.

[DBrow]

That does not look like a carcass in which a considerable explosion occurred. Also, taking out a flying bird by rifle? Possible, but difficult.

[DBrow]

That looks like a trained falcon. Prominent leg band, radio tracker (not a GPS device attached to its head), I have seen this setup before on falcons or other domesticated raptor.