Iraq group uses 'dog bomb' against U.S. forces-Web

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13114314.htm

Iraq group uses 'dog bomb' against U.S. forces-Web

More DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - An Iraqi insurgent group said it attacked U.S. forces near Baghdad by setting off explosives attached to a dog, according to a video posted on the Internet on Sunday.

A distant shot in a video issued by the group appeared to show a dog sitting on the side of a road as a military vehicle approached, moments before a large explosion occurred.

Iraq's Jihadi Factions, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces, said it carried out the attack in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, targeting U.S. forces, without giving a date.

Dead dogs stuffed with explosives have been used against U.S. troops in Iraq. It was not clear from the video, posted on a site frequently used by Islamist militants, whether the animal was alive or dead.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. Oh. Dear. God. n/t

MKJ

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[Up2Late]

3. Bad, but not as bad as I originally thought from the headline.

What would be worst would be a Live dog, with explosives strapped to it, or worst, with explosives forced inside the live dog.:puke:

This is still bad though.

[ashling]

4. Use the comparative!

You should have used the comparative, "worse," in your post, rather than the superlative, "Worst"

Sorry, I'm married to an editor. :shrug:

[Up2Late]

12. Thanks, that is what I meant, but spell check isn't that smart...

...and I've had a lot of trouble with spelling and grammar most of my life (Learning Disability), until I finally got the correct diagnosis of ADD at age 32, and the accompanying medication.

Plus, since I joined DU with all this typing and the great spell checker, I'd say my spelling has improved by at least 200%. :D

[daleo]

5. I don't see how you could force much explosives into a live dog

Or how you could get a dog to approach a vehicle on the side of the road dependably (especially one "stuffed with explosives"). So, my hunch is this story is about a dog corpse used to hide explosives.

On edit: Note that the article said "a large explosion". I just can't see a live dog being a possibility for a large explosion.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Was it Iran or Iraq that chained children together and sent them

walking across minefields?

[happyslug]

10. The Russian in WWII, and it was grown men only

The Russians also used Dog-bombs. They would raise the dogs by having them run to their food under a running tank. When used in Combat the Soviets would attach a bomb and have them run at the German Tanks. When under the tanks the contact would hit the metal of the Tank and set off the Bomb.

Nothing new.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. During the Iran-Iraq war, one (maybe it was both) of the countries

used children to set off land mines...

[Up2Late]

13. From the headline, it sounded like an "anti-personnel" explosive dog.

Sort of like a remotely triggered, walking mine. Stuff a half to full stick of dynamite up the dogs pooper, or just slice open a stray dog, load it's gut with some explosives, sow it back up and send it on it's way, over to the dog loving soldiers.

Sorry, I hope I'm not giving anyone any ideas, but those are the first, horrifying things I thought of when I read it.

[MysteryToMyself]

6. Let's hope that it was a coincidence

Let us hope that the dog was lost and the bomb was in the road. There have been plenty that went off without a dog being around. I have never heard of a dog being around before.

[Up2Late]

14. Sounds like they are loading up dead dogs with explosive, not nearly ...

...as bad as what some of them have been doing, like booby-trapping the dead corpse of a relative (Dad, Brother, etc) and then leaving it in the middle of the road, near that person's family home.

[Yupster]

7. The Soviets tried this versus the Germans in WWII

They fed dogs under cars with their engines on, then released them near Germans with bombs on their backs and trip-wires above them. The dogs ran under the cars, tanks thinking engines meant fod and then the wirew would trip the explosive.

Didn't work often, but hurt German morale because they had to shoot the dogs and Germans love their dogs. When I went to college in Austria, you could see dogs in restaurants routinely sitting under tables. Don't know if that's still allowed today.

[Codeine]

9. Sometimes they got confused

and ran under Soviet tanks as well. I guess your average dog can't tell the difference between a PkwIV and a T-34.