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February 14, 2007

How to Fail at Suicide Bombing

According to Liveleak.com, this VBIED suicide bomber survived an attack on American forces in Baghdad... briefly.

He wasn't the only one who failed (content warning for language).

Funny how the failed suicide bombings and foiled IED attacks rarely get reported in the media, isn't it?

Bonus: Some pre-release footage from Pat Dollard's documentary, Young Americans.

Posted by Confederate Yankee at February 14, 2007 06:38 PM
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>>Funny how the failed suicide bombings and foiled IED attacks rarely get reported in the media, isn't it?

Actually it's not funny (strange) at all. It is (and always has been) deliberate American policy not to count insurgent attacks that don't result in death or serious injury to American troops. By doing this they hoped to minimize the scale of the insurgency in the public mind. A rather futile policy in my opinion.

Posted by: Mack at February 15, 2007 10:32 AM

It is (and always has been) deliberate American policy not to count insurgent attacks that don't result in death or serious injury to American troops.

What? Centcom doesn't report them? I think a cite is required for that statement.

Tob

Posted by: Toby928 at February 15, 2007 11:12 AM

I've had someone tell me to my face that there are no terrorists in Iraq.

Posted by: brando at February 15, 2007 01:16 PM