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| Africa: North |
| RPD - Arab Technological Breakthrough |
| 2003-11-14 |
| RPD = Remote Piloted Donkey Smugglers in Algeria have reportedly come up with a novel way to get their contraband into Morocco - donkeys, with tape recorders on their backs. A taped message is repeated, saying "Err", Arabic for "walk", so that the donkeys do not stop as they follow the smugglers’ tracks unaccompanied. However, the customs service learnt of the ruse and has killed 200 of the donkeys, says the El Khabar newspaper. After they stopped laughing. The border was closed 10 years ago after a bomb attack in Morocco. But the the killing of donkeys have sparked protests by some villagers who say the action is criminal. Hacking a family to death is OK, but killing a donkey is a crime. They say that killing the animals would not put an end to smuggling. The trained donkeys leave Bab El-Assa in Algeria laden with goods for Morocco. When they reached Ahfir in Morocco, they are met by smugglers who unload their cargo. The animals are then sent on their return journey loaded with different goods bound for the Algerian market. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 If they buy the islamic cell phones with GPS, here is what is going to happen: They will send the donkeys full of explosives and the donks will trot off to Mecca, where they will blow up. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-11-14 10:04:50 PM |
| #7 Uh oh, could islam be on the brink of deploying a GPS guided SmartDonkey? LGE announced that the company has completed the development of a GPRS mobile phone (model: G5300) equipped with a compass and programmed to indicate direction. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-14 8:18:09 PM |
| #6 Possible weapons systems variants of the Remotely Piloted Donkey: Global Donkey Stealth Donkey Chobham Donkey X-Donkey (testbed for hypersonic donkey travel) Joint Strike Donkey |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-14 6:37:29 PM |
| #5 The tape recorded messages need to be reprogrammed and the donkeys sent back whence they came, without the contraband, maybe just with a load of camel chips, or something of similar value. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-11-14 1:15:13 PM |
| #4 The donkeys should be intercepted and loaded with bacon and other pork products, then sent on their way. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-14 12:36:17 PM |
| #3 Steve I needed a coffee alert for this one... Donkeys wearing tape recorders that say Err Err Err = funny. Killing said innocent donkeys = not funny |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-11-14 11:56:37 AM |
| #2 Donkeys are obsolete... the smugglers need to fund the Strategic Camel Initiative. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-14 9:34:16 AM |
| #1 I'm surprised the donkeys aren't intercepted and new "goods" (bombs and/or tracking devices) placed on them, then resent on their mission. Killing the donkeys is just dumb. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-14 8:49:29 AM |