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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 12:54 PM Feb 2014

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

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Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills Iraqi Pupils (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 OP
Suicide bombing has certain risks... Helen Borg Feb 2014 #1
Heh. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #2
How can one not enjoy this story? NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #3
I find it odd that there are classes for it Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #5
I bet the classes are more about indoctination thefool_wa Feb 2014 #17
I suspect the training was how to make the bombs hack89 Feb 2014 #30
"I said lunch, not launch!" Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #40
So, would you call that poetic justice? Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #4
More like being hoist with one's own petard mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #9
See? There's good news, you just have to look for it. TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #6
They were graduated early jsr Feb 2014 #7
Kids today.. christx30 Feb 2014 #11
No more replies, please; we have a winner. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #12
+1 jsr Feb 2014 #14
He was head and shoulders above the rest. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #41
You have WON the Internets!!!! DeSwiss Feb 2014 #55
With Summa Boom Louder honors. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2014 #31
Billy Connolly..... Turbineguy Feb 2014 #8
Pay attention. I'm only going to do this once. bearssoapbox Feb 2014 #10
Student loan default seveneyes Feb 2014 #13
Do they still get the 12 virgins? BenHoffman Feb 2014 #15
72 Virgins. I think this will be their reward :) Lucky Luciano Feb 2014 #19
Perhaps they will be some of the 72 virgins. Igel Feb 2014 #49
That is pretty funny. But I do seriously wonder who ascertained the facts of this story. GoneFishin Feb 2014 #16
LOL! Well deserved. If only this were the result every time! nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2014 #18
Hold my beer and watch this hibbing Feb 2014 #20
They don't drink alcohol. christx30 Feb 2014 #44
Now students, whatever you do, never connect the wire here... longship Feb 2014 #21
LOL TheMathieu Feb 2014 #22
Reminds me of the Weather Underground. Archae Feb 2014 #23
Was that scene portrayed in The '60s movie? Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #24
What is appalling is that members of the WUO are free today... MicaelS Feb 2014 #25
Instead Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #33
Awesome leftynyc Feb 2014 #26
Was he highly qualified? Igel Feb 2014 #50
Any questions? PeoViejo Feb 2014 #27
Remember the old joke about the Kamikaze flight instructor? Archae Feb 2014 #28
I remember the Cheech & Chong version..."Any Questions? Yakamoto, in the back. Honorable 24601 Feb 2014 #51
LOL! Archae Feb 2014 #53
Another "responsible suicide vest owner" jberryhill Feb 2014 #29
LOL Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #34
OMG. Hilarious. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #39
They need to be taking lessons from the Saudis... KansDem Feb 2014 #32
Certainly exceeds the minimum requirements for a Darwin Award(R). nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #35
Somehow it reminds me of Achmed sakabatou Feb 2014 #36
me too treestar Feb 2014 #43
A very efficient way to conduct suicide bombings, in my humble opinion Shampoobra Feb 2014 #37
I feel evil about laughing about this ... Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #38
In this instance.... jberryhill Feb 2014 #48
Baghdad is a lot safer today. Sunlei Feb 2014 #42
Those who can't Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author olddad56 Feb 2014 #46
Walter said it best: Brigid Feb 2014 #47
Oops. kestrel91316 Feb 2014 #52
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #54
Now that's what I call getting your ass ''matriculated.'' DeSwiss Feb 2014 #56
How do they know this was an accident? Kaleva Feb 2014 #57
Wow, some hilarious posts here! Never saw it, posted dup today that got locked. 7962 Feb 2014 #58

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
3. How can one not enjoy this story?
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:04 PM
Feb 2014

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)
5. I find it odd that there are classes for it
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:05 PM
Feb 2014

I mean, what more is it than, "here, put this vest on and go to the market."

thefool_wa

(1,867 posts)
17. I bet the classes are more about indoctination
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:40 PM
Feb 2014

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)
30. I suspect the training was how to make the bombs
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:20 PM
Feb 2014

finding people to carry them is an easier problem.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
40. "I said lunch, not launch!"
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 04:23 PM
Feb 2014

"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.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,500 posts)
9. More like being hoist with one's own petard
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:23 PM
Feb 2014
Hoist with his own petard

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)
6. See? There's good news, you just have to look for it.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:09 PM
Feb 2014

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?

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
55. You have WON the Internets!!!!
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:29 AM
Feb 2014
- Please proceed to the main lobby to pick your winnings. (Internet winnings are not taxed, nor do you have to report them to the IRS since they are mainly imaginary).

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
13. Student loan default
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 01:29 PM
Feb 2014

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.

Igel

(35,320 posts)
49. Perhaps they will be some of the 72 virgins.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 05:54 PM
Feb 2014

For somebody who could actually stay alive long enough to qualify for the prize.

Archae

(46,337 posts)
23. Reminds me of the Weather Underground.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:03 PM
Feb 2014

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

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
25. What is appalling is that members of the WUO are free today...
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:12 PM
Feb 2014

Even after the acts they committed. They should all be in prison.

24601

(3,962 posts)
51. I remember the Cheech & Chong version..."Any Questions? Yakamoto, in the back. Honorable
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:46 PM
Feb 2014

General sir, you outta your fucking mind?!!"

Shampoobra

(423 posts)
37. A very efficient way to conduct suicide bombings, in my humble opinion
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 03:43 PM
Feb 2014

22 suicides with one device

No loss of innocent lives

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
48. In this instance....
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 05:51 PM
Feb 2014

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.

Response to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
56. Now that's what I call getting your ass ''matriculated.''
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:35 AM
Feb 2014
- When you have an instructor who grades on the curve, everybody gets promoted.

''Order up! That'll be 1,584 virgins to go!!!!''

K&R
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
58. Wow, some hilarious posts here! Never saw it, posted dup today that got locked.
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:36 PM
Feb 2014

There are some potential comedy writers in this bunch, thats for sure

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