Moroccan Mine Sweeping Monkies???

[JPhillips]

Saw this and couldn't resist putting it up here. If anyone else can verify this I would appreciate it.

BTW- Is there any way for monkies to detonate mines without blowing themselves up? I bet PETA will LOVE this!

RABAT, D.C., Morocco, March 24 (UPI) -- A Moroccan publication accused the government Monday of providing unusual assistance to U.S. troops fighting in Iraq by offering them 2,000 monkeys trained in detonating land mines.

The weekly al-Usbu' al-Siyassi reported that Morocco offered the U.S. forces a large number of monkeys, some from Morocco's Atlas Mountains and others imported, to use them for detonating land mines planted by the Iraqis.

The publication quoted a highly-informed source as saying, "that is not a scientific illusion but a well-known military tactic."

[JeeberD]

I saw on the CNN ticker that the US was using trained dolphins to help clear out mines in the gulf. I was wondering the same thing. Do they make they ultimate sacrifice and detonate the mines themselves or do they just find them and then squeak like Flipper until a real minesweeper comes along?

[Fritz]

The dolphins do not blow themselves up. We also have sea lions for anti-swimmer harbour patrol.

[HornedFrog Purple]

We use chickens on the hoods of armored vehicles to detect poison gas.

[CamEdwards]

that's some high tech shit right there.

[Kodos]

Those super-smart monkeys come to the rescue once again!

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Kodos
Those super-smart monkeys come to the rescue once again!

Sure, at first the monkeys are used as mine detectors, then the next thing you know they are investment bankers!

I remind you:

A vote for Kodos is a vote for very bad things, and unemployment, and hair boutiques for bourgeois super-smart monkeys who will take over the world, and monkey strip bars where baboons shake their blue asses to Guns and Roses, and jackbooted monkey thugs forcing their monkey freedoms down our throat, and stale pie!

[Kodos]

You see right through me, don't you Fritz? :confused:

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Kodos
You see right through me, don't you Fritz?

I do see right though you, and I am watching. Nothing worse in this world than a monkey lover (except perhaps stale pie.) WE know what you and Nina Hagan are up to....

[Bee]

Good to hear. This war needed more monkeys.

[Aylmar]

Originally posted by JeeberD
I saw on the CNN ticker that the US was using trained dolphins to help clear out mines in the gulf. I was wondering the same thing. Do they make they ultimate sacrifice and detonate the mines themselves or do they just find them and then squeak like Flipper until a real minesweeper comes along?

The dolphins actually are trained to carry a bouy in their mouth. When they spot a mine, they release the bouy in order to mark the mine's location so that a team can come in and take care of it. That's what I heard this morning on news radio, at any rate.

[JeeberD]

I like monkeys, but the green ones are out to get me...

[Fritz]

Originally posted by JeeberD
I like monkeys, but the green ones are out to get me...

those are the super-smart ones. beware....

[JeeberD]

I should have known...

[ACStrider]

Are they poop-flinging green monkeys? Cause those are the worst.