Wild boars released by Israeli settlers attack Palestinian workers

Maasnews ^ | 4-26-07

[SJackson]

Wild boars released by Israeli settlers attack Palestinian workers

Date: 24 / 04 / 2007  Time:  17:50

Nablus –Salfit – Ma'an – A herd of wild boars on Tuesday attacked the cleaning workers of Salfit municipality while they were emptying a garbage truck.

The driver of the garbage truck, 'Umran Abu 'Umar, said "while I was emptying the garbage in the early morning, a group of boars attacked the workers who had to use the truck as a shield and kill one of the boars."

The wild boars are being released by Israeli settlers in order to destroy the plants and crops of Palestinians.

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Settlers release boars in Palestinian farmlands

Thursday February 22, 2007 21:26 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies saed at imemc dot org

Palestinian sources in Salfit, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday that Israeli settlers released boars in Palestinian farmlands near Salfit, in the northern part of the West Bank.

Wild Boar

Resident Abdul-Fattah Al Ghazzawi, 43, stated that the settlers released at least twenty boars that attacked his farmland and several surrounding farmlands and ate the plants.

The settlers kept the boars in the farmlands overnight and only moved them away on Thursday morning.

Al Ghazzawi added that the settlers have carried out several similar attacks against the farmlands recently, and that the number of attacks has significantly increased.  

He appealed to the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture to intervene and attempt to find a solution to this issue, especially since the wild boars are causing significant losses to the farmers,

[SJackson]

It’s Kosher: Bomb-Sniffing Pigs Will Help Protect Settlements

Ellis Shuman, Israel Insider (conservative, online), Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 28, 2003

Geva Zin, an Israeli mine-clearing expert, trains one of his pigs to find explosives in the southern Kibbutz of Lahav, Sept. 30, 2003 (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP-Getty Images).

Former Chief Rabbi Mordehai Eliyahu and [the West Bank settlement of] Kiryat Arba’s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior have given their endorsement to a proposal to test the use of wild pigs in detecting terrorist infiltrators and explosives in West Bank communities. “Boars could be better than dogs in finding mines and explosives,” says a former trainer of sniffer dogs. The pig is considered impure according to Jewish law; it would also deter Muslim terrorists.

The initial question was posed to the rabbis by the Gedud HaIvri, a volunteer group in Israel that deploys canines and dog handlers to help sniff out Arab terrorists, Israel National News reported. Known in English by the name Jewish Legion, the group has been active providing specially trained canines to settlements to serve as “defensive guard dogs trained to subdue, rather than kill” intruders.

“Wild pigs have a very advanced sense of smell, many times better than that of the dogs,” said Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov, director of the Jewish Legion. “Special trainers would be brought from Israel and from overseas to train them to ‘patrol’ around communities and find hiding terrorists,” he said.

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Using snouts to sniff out landmines By ISRAEL21c staff   October 12, 2003
The boars proved more efficient than electronic detectors because in areas with a number of other metal objects, such as train tracks or dumps, they were able to distinguish the explosives from the rest of the metal. Israel first in the world to develop Alzheimer's guide dogs Turning man's best friend into a high-tech alarm Institute of Animal Research		A young Israeli may have found an extremely low-tech - though extremely non-kosher - way of detecting landmines. He's discovered that wild boars excel at locating mines, explosives and gun powder. The problem of landmines is a world-wide concern, Approximately 55 million landmines in nearly 60 countries cause over 10,000 casualties each year. The discovery of the porcine ability to detect buried explosives took place when Geva Zin, 26, a resident of Beersheva, who had served a dog trainer in the Israel Defense Forces, traveled to Croatia, training dogs to detect land mines for a private de-mining firm. As a member of IDF bomb squad, Zin had similarly trained sniffer dogs, the animal used most commonly to detect mines. During the course of his work in Croatia, Zin encountered dozens of wild boars who grazed in the area. "I watched their behavior and reached the conclusion that they could be better than dogs in finding mines and explosives," Zin told Yediot Aharonot. "I noticed that they were constantly sniffing the ground and that their snout was always hovering above the ground. I also got the impression that their sense of smell was unusually developed." Upon his return to Israel, Zin approached the Institute for Animal Studies in Kibbutz Lahav, which raises pigs, and suggested that he train boars to find mines. His request was granted, and a nine-month research project was launched. With the assistance of Lahav residents, Moshe Tayer, and Dr. Dan Ratner, he began to train a number of a breed called "mini-pigs." The team hid mines under the ground and the pigs successfully detected them. In addition to the mines, the pigs were also able to locate other explosives and gun powder. "The boars would comb an area, and note the exact point where an explosive object is buried," Moshe Tayer told ISRAEL21c. The research proved that the pigs could be trained to discover dummy mines, buried deep underground, quickly and efficiently - without actually touching and detonating the mines. When one of the pigs detected a mine it sat down next to it, waved its snout in the air and waited for a food reward. Ratner said that the boars "are animals of scent; they find their food on the ground and underneath the ground. That is why they are so good at detection. We are not the first people in the world to think of this idea, but I believe we are the first to implement it." Zin noted that the pigs proved more efficient than electronic detectors, because in areas with a number of other metal objects, such as train tracks or dumps, they were able to distinguish the explosives from the rest of the metal. He found that pigs, particularly females, were easier than dogs to train for the task. "The beauty of using the boars is that it is a tool that even the unsophisticated can use. We could go into the third world, and teach even the most uneducated villagers how to work with the boar as a tool for locating land mines and saving lives," said Tayer. But he added that at this stage, "our research is far from complete." A roadblock to finding additional funding locally, and to the implementation of the project internationally - is the problematic status of the pig in both the Jewish and Muslim religions - a particularly unfortunate situation, since so many of the problematic land mines are located in Muslim countries. In Israel, in order for the pigs to be used by the Israeli army, a special rabbinical ruling would be needed to set aside the strict religious taboo on pigs. Israeli religious authorities admitted last week that they had not encountered such a case before. However, religious law could allow the normal prohibitions to be suspended to allow for "good deeds", especially in matters of life and death. One leading Israeli rabbi told The Sunday Telegraph that a favorable religious ruling from one of the country's chief rabbis on the use of pigs in mine clearance was possible. In view of the local challenges for further researching and implementing his idea, Zin is planning to approach the multitude of international de-mining bodies for assistance.

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[doc1019]

Psychological warfare at its best!

[Jet Jaguar]

ping!

[cripplecreek]

Battle hogs.

[mylife]

W00t!

[muawiyah]

Yup, “And the Lord said, ‘Eat not of the swine, but saveth him for the landmines on the path’” ~ Yup ~ new revelation Fur Shur.

[EGPWS]

The wild boars are being released by Israeli settlers in order to destroy the plants and crops of Palestinians.

News flash, "Young Palestinians" are being bred and trained to destroy Israel with their life as the weapon.

[DCBryan1]

This thread is useless without YOUTUBE video showing the hogs charging and attacking a Paly “Yout” mob throwing rocks and biting their ass.

[Buck W.]

Great idea! Wonder if we have enough javelinas along the Rio Grande?

[guinness4strength]

We are currently in the Oriental “Year of the Boar,” interesting how many stories keep popping up regarding pigs

[Crawdad]

He found that pigs, particularly females, were easier than dogs to train for the task.

So many lines, so little time.

[hosepipe]

Pretty smart.. and a good place to cast the demons out of the palestinians that get converted to christian.. Which could solve a legion of problems.. Jews need to learn the sinners prayer..

[dforest]

Boar Wars. I guess they decided pigs were good for some things.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

One good line after another.

[Farmer Dean]

Maybe we should start a fund to sponsor a wild boar or two to Palestine?

[GladesGuru]

Given that all female livestock in Muslim countries tends to be very nervous/afraid, I suspect that Islamic anti-mine pig cadres using (yeah, it is a pun) female pigs just wouldn’t work out.

[AlmaKing]

Not just the year of the pig, but the year of the Golden Pig which occurs once every 600 years supposedly.

http://haacked.com/archive/2007/01/03/Year_of_the_Golden_Pig.aspx

My son will be a golden pig in September.

[Teflonic]

What a boaring war strategy!

[rawcatslyentist]

Time to let slip the "Hogs of War"!