pet connection

Sad and sickening L.A. Times piece (need a log-in?) about Iraqi insurgents strapping bombs to dogs and blowing them up by remote control:

"Before, they used to use car bombs. Now they are using people and animals," said Col. Adnan Jaboori, a spokesman for the interior minister. "They are finding new ways to use remote-control technology."

The daily newspaper Al Mada recently published an editorial cartoon showing an insurgent who strongly resembled Saddam Hussein trying to persuade a dog to strap on a belt bomb to advance the cause of the Baath Party, which once ruled Iraq.

"It is such a simple task," the insurgent tells the terrified dog. "All you have to do is to put on this explosives belt, repeat the party’s slogans, and may Allah have mercy on your father’s soul!"

Here’s the rest of the piece, which also talks about American bomb-sniffing and sentry dogs.

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