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| Afghanistan |
| Amateur Hour For Suicide Bombers |
| 2006-04-06 |
| April 6, 2006: Although the number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan has gone from a handful in 2005 to about six per month so far this year, the casualty rate has not increased significantly. Most Taliban suicide bombings appear to kill only the attacker. The problem is the lack of adequate support staff. As the Israelis discovered over the last six years, the only way to shut down a terrorist suicide bomber campaign is to go after the support teams. The suicide bombers themselves are relatively easy to recruit. But assembling the team of technicians and support staff needed to select, train, equip and deliver a suicide attacker effectively, is much more difficult. The Taliban apparently got all the technical instructions, on how to run suicide bombing operations, from the Internet and data CDs al Qaeda was passing around. There were rumors of "Iraqi experts" coming to Afghanistan, or Afghans going to Iraq for training, but neither of these appear to be true. It's basically amateur hour in Afghanistan, with the Taliban sending suicide bombers to a lonely death, as the support teams try to learn to be as efficient at killing people as their Arab brothers in Iraq are, or were. Iraqi suicide bomb support teams have taken a major beating over the past two years, and many Iraqi operations are as ineffective as those in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Something tells me that the "selection" process involves one person forgetting to step backward when a whole bunch of other people around him do. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-06 17:06 |
| #7 But assembling the team of technicians and support staff needed to select, train, equip and deliver a suicide attacker effectively, is much more difficult. Give us a call, send us your resumes. |
| Posted by: Blackwater 2006-04-06 12:22 |
| #6 That’s crazy enough to work Perfesser. Maybe call it “Amazing Racists” or how bout “Dancing with 72 Virgins”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-04-06 12:17 |
| #5 No, no, I've got it. You get two terror cells each of which considering blowing up 1 of 3 different targets. But get this -- they TRADE PLACES!! In return, each team will be aided and abetted by a spiritual leader and a fabricator. Each team only gets $1,000 for materials, but 1 of the 3 targets is a bonus target, in which case they get $2,000. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-04-06 11:35 |
| #4 The relative success of bombers in Iraq is attributable to having operatives on hand to get the bomber to the target and then remotely detonating the explosive. The Taliban does not yet appear to have the support staff inside Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-04-06 11:25 |
| #3 Taken from his Cheetos fund? |
| Posted by: Grons Glomose4068 2006-04-06 10:13 |
| #2 The solution to this problem is a new al-Jizz program to be called Arabian Idiot. It would show Arabians casing the target, building the bomb, recording their message of inspiration, etc. Whoever is alive for the final show wins $20,000 from Saddam Hussein. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-06 10:12 |
| #1 Let's face it, the occupation doesn't afford a career ladder. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-06 10:02 |