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Deadly Idiocy in Iraq
November 4, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 1:52pm | 27 Comments
“I don’t care about Sandia or the Department of Justice or any of them,” General Jabiri said. “I know more about this issue than the Americans do. In fact, I know more about bombs than anyone in the world.” [emphasis added]
Yes, General, of course you do.
What would actually be funny
What would actually be funny is if it did deter a few bombers for a few months.
Also you blame the general without blaming the policeman on the street for whom this is obviously a godsend. "I'm sorry, but my wand says that you are definitely a terrorist. I am, however, collecting for UNICEF and since we know that terrorists won't donate to UNICEF you can prove your innocence by contributing."
I have some Orgone boxes I
I have some Orgone boxes I really really would like to introduce the Iraqi Interior Ministry. And have they heard about scientology? Its amazing how happy you get around step 12!
I wonder who manufactured
I wonder who manufactured these things and what the markup was.
Trying to make savages into
Trying to make savages into enlightened men just does not work. Keep trying though, our coffers still have some gold.
Actually, if you have no way
Actually, if you have no way of actually knowing which vehicles have bombs in them, searching a random sampling of vehicles is still more effective than searching none of them, which is what they were doing, in effect, when they used this device. They probably did find some bombs with it, too. That said, the description of how it works is just too funny. You have to walk in place to "charge" it? And then you walk with it held out in your hand and it lets you know when there's a bomb by turning and pointing at the bomb? I can't believe there was nobody near these things who knew enough to tell the Iraqi police that this was completely ridiculous.
Listen to you haters. You
Listen to you haters. You got any idea what kind of zoo you'd need to run to compete with this thing's capabilities at each checkpoint ? A bomb sniffing dog + a truffle pig + a weapons detecting dog + a body sniffing dog + an ivory detecting animal of undetermined breed, all to do the job of this single unpowered handheld device. And they don't even work on planes flying overhead.
They be rollin with mad truffle seizures and what you got eh ? Nothin.
Any post that links to the
Any post that links to the Amazing Randi.
Awesome.
And on point.... here ya go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsCnX-TKIY&feature=related
I feel strangely depressed.
I feel strangely depressed.
"Lisa, I want to buy your
"Lisa, I want to buy your rock!"
In 2003, we had people in
In 2003, we had people in Baghdad convinced that our sunglasses had x-ray vision. People stopped attempting to smuggle weapons into our AO for a few weeks.
Why did you jump to thinking
Why did you jump to thinking about the Iraqi general as corrupt? There have been tens of cases (that were proven) and maybe hundreds, maybe thousands, of cases (not yet proven) of corrupt American officers in Iraq. Smells like a superiority complex. Maybe even racism.
^^^ or maybe
^^^
or maybe Zionism...
Doesn't sound any less idiotic than the retards that spray and pray: "don't worry: Allah will guide my bullets". Hence the term AGM- Allah Guided Munitions.
"Trying to make savages into
"Trying to make savages into enlightened men just does not work. Keep trying though, our coffers still have some gold."
Somewhere, the ghost of Edward Said is throwing a shitfit.
Divining rods? This is
Divining rods? This is excellent.
?Who are the mentally
?Who are the mentally incompetents
the ones that invaded a country the neither desired war w/ them nor was a threat to them. that had nothing to do w/ 9.11. that took the ball off Afghanistan, that let UBL wander off. that disbanded the Iraki army, that purposefully undermanned the invasion, under-occupied the country, let its infrastructure, its water system, its sewer, its educational system, get destroyed.
Let a bunch or rabid likudnik NeoKons Israeli firsters run the occupation such as Douglas Feith, Don Senor, etc. Who are the idiots, the savages? Come On- Get Real! Let's laugh at ourselves (before we cry) and at our Congress as they censor the Goldstone report!
Didn't the Greeks call this
Didn't the Greeks call this "alectruon" (cock) "manteia" (divination)????
Peter North or Lex Steele would probably be the best men in Iraq to find all the "devices" then?
I read this in a state of
I read this in a state of disbelief and at the same time wondered how long it would take AM to post this. Schmedlap, thanks for the idea. Will try next time.
Kilo... still waiting on you to catch onto the idea of H&K uppers...
HUS
Awe. . . Abu Muqawama.
Awe. . . Abu Muqawama. Maybe the said General was using a secret technology that us dumb yanks don't understand? Don't you remember the good luck stone that calls the Jinn that pacifies Venus, satisfies Jupiter and saves the universe? Remember, deep down in the conspiracy are Jews, Mossad, Martians, and some more Jews and some more Jews. Get with the program. Don't you know them Jews are in on everything. So much time in the middle east, and still no understanding of Jewdom. Tsst Tsst Abu Muqawama. :-(
:lol:
Comment by HUS on November
Comment by HUS on November 5, 2009 - 2:04am
"Kilo... still waiting on you to catch onto the idea of H&K uppers..."
I don't get it. Is this a "how can we spend a tonne of money on something unnecessary" reference, or was there another answer to my question ? I saw the one at Inkspots, seemed like a smarter idea.
Eh, a friend of mine is in
Eh, a friend of mine is in Baghdad and I think his assessment of the Iraqi insistence on this device is spot-on. The Iraqi mindset: If you actually found a bomb , you would risk it being detonated at the check-point, or worse, having to process the find (ya selaam...work!). It makes more sense to brandish an ineffectual wand (no pun intended) and pass the problem on to the next checkpoint or to the innocent bystanders at the target location...God forbid we have to use dogs! DOGS! Might as well be buried in shoes!
Yeah, you'd probably have
Yeah, you'd probably have better luck with bomb-sniffing pigs than dogs, given the local sensibilities. On the upside, if we ever felt the need to kill the general in question, smuggling the necessary explosives into his location should be fast and easy...
Seriously, it's not like the insurgents had the ability to do randomized trials. If they saw a checkpoint with a wand, they'd likely try to avoid it anyway, not knowing it was useless. It's not like there's any information out there in the public domain to tell them otherwise.
Until now, I suppose...
Its obvious the wands are a
Its obvious the wands are a semi-effective way of deterring the transport/delivery of car bombs, even if they function more on the imagination than anything else... still, you can find a perfectly good stick, spray paint it black, and save a few G's. They shouldn't be paying $50,000 of US taxpayer dollars on each of these magic wands.
They shouldn't be paying
They shouldn't be paying $50,000 of US taxpayer dollars on each of these magic wands.
For the most part, the Iraqis are spending their own money these days when it comes to military materiel. I'd be surprised if these were purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars (though obviously money is fungible, so who really cares?).
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