How to lure US bombers and scrapped shells by using a light and a dog.
November 17, 2001 10:12 PM Subscribe
How to lure US bombers and scrapped shells by using a light and a dog. Afghans in Kandahar are attracting bombs for their resale value. Go rogue economists go! Just don't ask about the dog.
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Wait'll the SPCA hears about this.
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 10:46 PM on November 17, 2001
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 10:46 PM on November 17, 2001
Actually, stories like this were told about the Soviet-Afghan war -- there was a Russian saying something like "They make us shoot at them, and then sell our bullets back to us."
posted by dhartung at 7:33 PM on November 18, 2001
posted by dhartung at 7:33 PM on November 18, 2001
So... the scrap metal was worth the price of a piece of bread...
Why didn't he just eat the dog?
(I’m deeply skeptical...)
posted by jpburns at 5:22 AM on November 19, 2001
Why didn't he just eat the dog?
(I’m deeply skeptical...)
posted by jpburns at 5:22 AM on November 19, 2001
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Well you get the point.
I can hear it now. Sometime after Saturday Night Live and during infomercial central before the early news, "Now you can own this keepsake of the Great War of the 21st Century. Handsomely mounted on 100% genuine Bamiyan limestone shards. . ."
posted by crasspastor at 10:39 PM on November 17, 2001