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Iraq-Jordan
I Said the Red Wire, Achmed!
2004-11-04
Mehdi Achmed Moussa, a known car bomb maker in Mosul, died from burns suffered when one of his car bombs accidentally exploded in a southern Mosul market last week. Before his death, Moussa received treatment for his burns at a local hospital where three separate Iraqi citizens identified him as the notorious organizer of car bomb attacks in the Mosul area during the last few months.
Posted by:Chuck Simmins

#11  Before his death, Moussa received treatment for his burns at a local hospital ...

One can only hope his "treatment" involved salt, sandpaper and a multitude of pointy objects.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-11-04 11:09:04 PM  

#10  So, this little terror enabler lasted a week before dying, eh?

Good.
Posted by: Ptah   2004-11-04 9:52:35 PM  

#9  abrading the skin off with a splintery 2X4, I hope
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-04 1:20:49 PM  

#8  Lasted a week all burnt up? Wonder if he had time to contemplate his chosen profession? Wonder if he had second thoughts? Wonder how often he screamed?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-04 1:15:47 PM  

#7  LL - LOL!
Posted by: 2b   2004-11-04 11:29:58 AM  

#6  The FBI calls them "self-detecting."

As in "85% of home bomb makers are self-detecting."

I could hardly keep my car on the road from laughing when I heard the FBI flack on the radio use that euphemism.
Posted by: longtime lurker   2004-11-04 10:09:29 AM  

#5  I hope he burns in the special ring of hell reserved for Bombers and Bomb makers.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-04 10:06:38 AM  

#4  Can't help but wonder, did he really die of the burns or was he finished off by the Mosul doctors? After all, at least one of the doctors has a good chance of being a Kurd.
Posted by: Charles   2004-11-04 9:59:14 AM  

#3  I love it when a bomb-maker has a "work accident"...it's very effecient from the law enforcement/criminal justice point of view.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2004-11-04 9:48:24 AM  

#2  mmm...sounds painful.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-11-04 9:45:52 AM  

#1  too bad it didn't get some of his buddies too.
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-11-04 9:37:17 AM  

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