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2007-09-16 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2007-09-16 07:37|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Clearly thought through and clearly written, Chuck. Well done!

A few small thoughts:

Suicide bombers may be mentally ill or they may be willing to kill themselves for a belief or cause.
Or they may have been paid (frequent in Iraq), or blackmailed (frequent for Palestinian females), or the family threatened (again, Iraq). it's important to realize that a quite a few of those wearing vests (or even driving VBIEDs) do not really want to be there, and may well surrender without exploding. Also that in those cases there may be a long distance detonator held by a controller to obviate such attempts.

A suicide vest consists of
Palestinian suicide vests generally contain rat poison which prevents blood coagulation, so that even minor injuries from flying shrapnel become serious problems. As far as I am aware, Iraqi and Afghani suicide bombers haven't used that innovation thus far.

What is a CLAN lab? If your EMTs know, then never mind, but I didn't see it defined.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-16 14:40|| 2007-09-16 14:40|| Front Page Top

#2 TW - a clandestine lab, for making meth

or something nasty done by a white supremicist

Take your pick.

Thanks for the input.

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