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ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« on: December 16, 2014, 02:11:00 PM »
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ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic, in tactic used 2,000 years ago against Romans

Canisters packed with the creatures are being blasted into Iraqi towns
They do not cause mass causalities but have serious psychological impact
The tactic was first used by Iraqis in the desert city of Hatra in 198-199AD
They would pack clay pots full of scorpions and hurl them at Roman armies

By     Annabel Grossman for MailOnline
 
Published: 07:09 EST, 16 December 2014 | Updated: 09:06 EST, 16 December 2014


Canisters packed with poisonous varieties of scorpion are being blasted into towns and villages - scattering the creatures and inciting panic

Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq have unveiled their latest terror tactic - bombs containing hundreds of live scorpions designed to spread fear among their enemies.
 
Canisters packed with poisonous varieties of scorpion are being blasted into towns and villages, which explode on impact - scattering the scorpions and causing panic among the innocent local population.
 
Although scorpion bombs sound like something out of a modern horror movie, the tactic is actually thousands of years old and was first used by Iraqis fighting against the Roman Empire.
 
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, ex-head of chemical and biological weapons for the Army and Nato, told The Mirror that ISIS had improvised devices to launch the poisonous creatures in 2ft bombs.
 
He said: 'Scorpions are robust – even if they are launched a couple of miles, when the canister breaks thousands are flung out and start crawling all around.

Back in my days as a Brave Rifle, when we found scorpions, we did one thing--quickly--we killed the bastards.  I can see how this would have an effect, though the decelleration when the shell hit the ground--to say nothing of the blast effect--might be tough to survive . . .

The rest is here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2875968/ISIS-using-bombs-containing-live-SCORPIONS-effort-spread-panic-tactic-used-2-000-years-ago-against-Romans.html
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 02:14:11 PM »
Worse job in the jihadi army- the guy who has to catch all those scorpions.

Worse than burning the shit in the latrines, by far.
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2014, 08:46:03 AM »
Quote from: Big Dog on December 16, 2014, 02:14:11 PM
Worse job in the jihadi army- the guy who has to catch all those scorpions.

Worse than burning the shit in the latrines, by far.

You act as if ISIS burns their shit. Everyone knows they just crap in a hole in the floor and leave it there. Seriously, they wouldn't know what to do with the five 'F's of field sanitation if they were smacked with each one of them.
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2014, 08:54:20 AM »
You would just get scorpion guts on you besides the shrapnel  right?
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2014, 01:41:33 PM »
Quote from: Gina on December 17, 2014, 08:54:20 AM
You would just get scorpion guts on you besides the shrapnel  right?

They don't use exploding bombs, more like containers that break open and let the scorpions loose. Some would die on impact, but some would live.
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2014, 02:41:01 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 17, 2014, 01:41:33 PM
They don't use exploding bombs, more like containers that break open and let the scorpions loose. Some would die on impact, but some would live.

the live ones wouldn't be in shock?
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2014, 02:42:38 PM »
Quote from: Gina on December 17, 2014, 02:41:01 PM
the live ones wouldn't be in shock?

They'd be mad as hell and looking for someone to sting.
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2014, 06:49:01 AM »
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2014, 12:58:05 PM »
Quote from: Gina on December 17, 2014, 08:54:20 AM
You would just get scorpion guts on you besides the shrapnel  right?

That would be my best guess.
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Re: ISIS using bombs containing live SCORPIONS in effort to spread panic . . .
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2014, 08:56:57 PM »
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