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Al-Shabaab terrorist group bans use of plastic bags |
2018-07-09 |
[Interesting Engineering] A prominent terrorist organization is making environmental headlines rather than the dangerous political ones often associated with them. Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group based out of Somalia with ties to al-Qaeda, reportedly banned the use of single-use plastic bags. In what many have pointed out as ironic, the terrorist group made the ban because plastic bags are "a serious threat to the well-being of both humans and animals," according to the BBC. This isn't the Islamic extremist group's first environmentally friendly announcement. The group has also barred members from logging rare trees. However, none of this takes away the fact that Al-Shabaab militants have been accused of and connected to the deaths of thousands of people. They've been on the global watch list for over a decade. The deaths that occurred at the hands of these terrorists include arranging hotel bombings, truck bombings, and stoning a woman to death, according to media sources. In 2017, the terrorist organization was associated with a truck bomb that killed more than 300 people in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu in October. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#9 my vote will always belong to polywater. Polywater is all fun & games until somebody throws a little ice-9 into the mix. |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-07-09 21:29 |
#8 Have to move to condoms. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-09 20:41 |
#7 No matter how many horrors they invent, my vote will always belong to polywater. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-09 18:29 |
#6 I thought it was those elusive plastic microspheres. Yeesh. |
Posted by: gorb 2018-07-09 18:26 |
#5 Get with the program, Islamo-dudes. Plastic bags was last years boogeyman. This season, it's plastic straws that are going to destroy all life on earth. Try and keep up. |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-07-09 18:15 |
#4 ^ Kale's on the menu next, so to speak. |
Posted by: Raj 2018-07-09 14:01 |
#3 have to asssume thee's a shaboob raining camp in Seattle..... |
Posted by: Shager Sproing5526 2018-07-09 13:20 |
#2 "a serious threat to the well-being of both humans and animals" "That, and they can find where we camped last". |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-07-09 13:02 |
#1 Heroes to Green zealots |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-09 09:23 |