Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills Iraqi Pupils
Source: New York Times
A group of Sunni militants attending a suicide bombing training class at a camp north of Baghdad were killed on Monday when their commander unwittingly conducted a demonstration with a belt that was packed with explosives, army and police officials said.
The militants belonged to a group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, which is fighting the Shiite-dominated army of the Iraqi government, mostly in Anbar Province. But they are also linked to bomb attacks elsewhere and other fighting that has thrown Iraq deeper into sectarian violence.
Twenty-two ISIS members were killed, and 15 were wounded, in the explosion at the camp, which is in a farming area in the northeastern province of Samara, according to the police and army officials. Stores of other explosive devices and heavy weapons were also kept there, the officials said.
Eight militants were arrested when they tried to escape, the officials said.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html?_r=0
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)...
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Mass murderer inadvertently wipes out entire crop of mass murderers. That instructor's screw-up has saved a lot of innocent lives.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)I mean, what more is it than, "here, put this vest on and go to the market."
thefool_wa
(1,867 posts)And re-affirmation of whatever suicidal thoughts put those 22 people in that room in the first place. Then a couple of pointers on how to make sure the bomb goes off when you want it to (classes perhaps the instructor should have paid more attention to as a student).
I feel no remorse for this, in fact, I call this poetic justice as well.
hack89
(39,171 posts)finding people to carry them is an easier problem.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)"Hey there, professor, what are your qualifications? I mean, have you done this before?"
"Truly a dedicated teacher. He went above and beyond."
I'm having too much fun with this. I'll show myself out.
Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,500 posts)There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows,
Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd,
They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way
And marshal me to knavery. Let it work;
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar'; and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon: O, 'tis most sweet,
When in one line two crafts directly meet.
Once again, the Bard has shown us the way.
Cue the sad trombones.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)I wonder if they have Powerpoint, and coffee and donuts, and the students ask if they can go home early if they don't break for lunch?
jsr
(7,712 posts)christx30
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they blow up so fast these days.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,500 posts).
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)"... Now I'm only going to show you this once!...."
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Is the least of their worries now. I'd be surprised if this doesn't happen more than we read about. Energetic materials and idiots never work well together.
BenHoffman
(32 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)Igel
(35,320 posts)For somebody who could actually stay alive long enough to qualify for the prize.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)This is their only way to get blasted on the weekends.
longship
(40,416 posts)TheMathieu
(456 posts)Archae
(46,337 posts)On March 6, 1970, during preparations for the bombing of a Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) dance at the Fort Dix U.S. Army base and for Butler Library at Columbia University,[2] there was an explosion in a Greenwich Village safe house when the nail bomb being constructed prematurely detonated for unknown reasons. WUO members Diana Oughton, Ted Gold, and Terry Robbins died in the explosion. Cathy Wilkerson and Kathy Boudin escaped unharmed. The site of the Village explosion was the former residence of Merrill Lynch brokerage firm co-founder Charles Merrill and the childhood home of his son, poet James Merrill; the younger Merrill subsequently memorialized the event in his poem 18 West 11th Street, the title being the address of the brownstone townhouse.[72] Another writer, Matthew Landy Steen, composed a widely reprinted poem How Does It Feel To Be Inside An Explosion?[73]
An FBI report later stated that the group had possessed enough explosives to "level ... both sides of the street". Dustin Hoffman was seen wandering the street afterwards; he lived in the townhouse next door.[74]
The bomb preparations have been pointed out by critics of the claim that the Weatherman group did not try to take lives with its bombings. Harvey Klehr, the Andrew W. Mellon professor of politics and history at Emory University in Atlanta, said in 2003, "The only reason they were not guilty of mass murder is mere incompetence. I don't know what sort of defense that is."[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground#Greenwich_Village_townhouse_explosion
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Even after the acts they committed. They should all be in prison.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)they're writing Obama's books for him!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Takes out the teacher and the next generation of students.
Igel
(35,320 posts)Or did he miss that last professional development day?
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Archae
(46,337 posts)24601
(3,962 posts)General sir, you outta your fucking mind?!!"
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)I'm laughing my ass off throughout this thread.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)They're the experts.
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)sakabatou
(42,158 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Shampoobra
(423 posts)22 suicides with one device
No loss of innocent lives
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)... but this is what all those jokes are about.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Yes, it is still a tragic loss of life.
The upside, though, is that this group was collectively intent on taking a larger number of lives.
But, still, it is unfortunate that people are led to do this sort of thing.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Response to Capt. Obvious (Original post)
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Brigid
(17,621 posts)Ayiyiyiyiyeeeeee!
BOOM!
Dumbass.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)''Order up! That'll be 1,584 virgins to go!!!!''
K&R
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)There are some potential comedy writers in this bunch, thats for sure