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Current Events => Terrorism In the US and Around the World => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on December 16, 2014, 02:11:00 PM
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The whole title is below . . .
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
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/16/02340FEC000004B0-0-image-m-19_1418731009255.jpg)
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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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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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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You would just get scorpion guts on you besides the shrapnel right?
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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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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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the live ones wouldn't be in shock?
They'd be mad as hell and looking for someone to sting.
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Hell, they may be infiltrating us now . . . :whistling:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/12/18/venomous-scorpion-falls-out-of-dress-as-woman-tries-it-on-inside-hayward-jc-penny-store/
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You would just get scorpion guts on you besides the shrapnel right?
That would be my best guess.
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The more I learn about islam, the less I respect its people.