Rigged donkey explodes in Gush Etzion, Israel

Jerusalem Post ^ | Mon., Jan. 27, 2003 | MARGOT DUDKEVITCH

[tessalu]

A donkey rigged with explosives blew up as a bus passed on the road from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion, approximately 80 meters from a nearby IDF roadblock and the ascent to Har Gilo and Beit Jala on Sunday morning.

No one was wounded, though a bus passenger was treated for shock.

According to the army, a gas canister filled with explosives and metal rods was strapped to the donkey and a second, full of explosives, was placed next to it.

The bombs were detonated simultaneously by two cellphones.

In the Gaza Strip in June 2001, a Palestinian drove a donkey cart laden with explosives toward a group of soldiers. At the last minute he jumped off the cart and detonated the bombs that exploded only partially. The cart had been loaded with four gas canisters, two mines, a bag of oil, and a bag of nails.

In January 2001, terrorists left a donkey cart laden with explosives unattended near the Netzarim junction. Soldiers fired at the cart, detonating the large amount of explosives and killing the donkey.

In June 1995, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a donkey-led cart rigged with explosives near an IDF base near Khan Yunis. No soldiers were wounded in the blast, but the Palestinian and the donkey were killed.

Elsewhere in the West Bank on Sunday, the arrests of Palestinian terrorist suspects continued. In Kabatiya, south of Jenin, security forces arrested an Islamic Jihad fugitive; three men were arrested in Deir el-Atzon, north of Tulkarm; one fugitive was arrested in Yatta, south of Hebron; and a Tanzim fugitive was arrested in Zatra, southeast of Bethlehem. Shots were fired and a bomb detonated near soldiers in Tulkarm, causing no casualties.

[tessalu]

It is hard to imagine such cruelty to man and beast. Terrorism must be put down, no matter the cost.

[xm177e2]

It's hard to imagine? You must not get out much lol...

[null and void]

Filmed for MTV's Jackass???

[goldstategop]

PETA animal rights violation ALERT!!!

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The media will now turn against the Palestinians. After all, they are using donkeys. And will PETA denounce Arafat?
This should be interesting.

[AFCdt]

PETA animal rights violation ALERT!!!

Beat me to it! Although how likely is it that PETA would condemn the Palestinians?

[doug from upland]

Spare the poor donkeys. Let the b*st*rds die if they want to die.

[Pushi]

I like the innocent donkeys (not Democrats) better than I do the Palestinians.

[Slyfox]

[cyborg]

The face is on the wrong end.

[rolling_stone]

Here is a top secret spy pic of the donkey being prepared for action..

http://frikk.tk/media.php?pics_funny,25

[doug from upland]

Yes, the donkeys are far more valuable.

[Slyfox]

Wait til he turns around.

[Think free or die]

Being born a donkey among Palestinians must reflect some baaad karma.

[Lurker]

Ahhh, the old Exploding Donkey trick.

L

[AZLiberty]

This is good news. It means the Palestinians are running out of people stupid enough to fall for the 72 virgins bait. True believers wouldn't send a donkey to do a martyr's work.