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2006-07-18 Iraq
Courageous (or Experienced) Iraqi Citizen Foils Bomber
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Posted by glenmore 2006-07-18 07:41|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 glenmore: Just how did he know which wires to cut, and why was he carrying wire cutters, and is he stupid, courageous or what? I think I'd like to ask him a few questions.

If that was his taxi, I can see why he cut the wires. It's a big risk, but in Iraq, a car is several years' salary. Terrorism insurance for cars, if it exists, is probably prohibitively expensive.* Maybe he did not want the Iraqi police blowing it up.

* I can't even imagine it exists. Think about the possibility for fraud, by both terrorists and non-terrorists.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-07-18 08:40|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2006-07-18 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Our family Marine says that almost every driver carries an assortment of tools (including wire cutters) to fix their vehicles. Not many repair shops, I guess.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2006-07-18 08:45||   2006-07-18 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe he is a member of the Al MacGyver Clan.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-07-18 09:03||   2006-07-18 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 prolly carrying pliars and wirecutters for those trying to skip out on the fare
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-07-18 09:44||   2006-07-18 09:44|| Front Page Top

#5 These types of bombs are very simple. There is no built-in booby trap where it explodes if someone cuts the wrong wire.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2006-07-18 09:44||   2006-07-18 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe he asked God for help.
Posted by wxjames 2006-07-18 09:44||   2006-07-18 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 
And you know, AAA just takes forever to show up!

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-18 09:57||   2006-07-18 09:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Zhang, actually I think I read somewhere that insurance had become available in Iraq about a year ago. Can't remember where I saw it; I think it covered kidnapping. I read it as a positive sign, that the market at least read probabilities to be lower than the MSM does.
Posted by Sharon in NYC 2006-07-18 11:16||   2006-07-18 11:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Doesn't everyone carry a basic toolkit in their car for emergencies, along with a first aid kit? Even I do, and I never so much as held a screwdriver until I went to college.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-18 11:57||   2006-07-18 11:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Be Prepared.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-18 12:36||   2006-07-18 12:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Probably a Lucas anti-armour mine.
Posted by 6 2006-07-18 14:18||   2006-07-18 14:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Maybe it wasn't even armed? Maybe the two passengers, in their anxiety, forgot the bomb when they got out?
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-07-18 15:36||   2006-07-18 15:36|| Front Page Top

#13 The toolbox should also contain a 1911-A1 or equivalent and 2 to 4 magazines, loaded.
Posted by Alaska Paul in Nikolaevsk, Alaska">Alaska Paul in Nikolaevsk, Alaska  2006-07-18 19:52||   2006-07-18 19:52|| Front Page Top

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