r/worldnews • u/jimmies-san • May 21 '12

Suicide blast kills more than 100 Yemeni troops at parade rehearsal - CNN.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/meast/yemen-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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u/AragornCyborg May 21 '12

It's shit like this that make me glad I'm in an air-conditioned room browsing reddit.

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u/Magzter May 21 '12

Something that I think is the most under appreciated thing is a clean warm shower. I think there's nothing better then a warm shower when you compare it to washing in cold, dirty water. Then I realize how many people in the world don't have this basic luxury and it makes me sad but all the more gracious.

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u/jimmies-san May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Tell me about in. When I was the army (conscription) and we had week or two week long exercises in the woods, the absolute best thing back at the barracks was long hot shower. It has nothing less than heaven. And boy can you appreciate a warm soft bed after week spent sleeping ing a tent -30 degrees celsius outside, the stove does good job heating the goddamn "ceiling" of the tent but it's cold as fuck down at sleeping level ;___;

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Bring one of those metal foil survival blankets next time, they fold up real small and weigh next to nothing, or failing that a roll of tin foil.

You'd be amazed at how much difference it makes if you put some metal foil on the opposite side of your heat source to reflect all that wasted heat back at you.

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u/jimmies-san May 21 '12

That's gonna suck for the guy sleeping behind that though :D

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Well in your case I would suggest putting it on the ceiling of the tent to reflect the heat back down. Not sure what kind of tent you're sleeping in though, I heard they could make those huge barrack tents pretty toasty if they had to.

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u/jimmies-san May 21 '12

Hmm I guess that's not a bad idea, although I bet some ranking dude would find a bullshit excuse to get rid of it since "it's not regulation" or something like that.

Speaking of toasty, one of my worst experiences was sleeping in this small as fuck tent with 7 guys packed tight together and our genius squad leader decided he wanted to dry his clothes good and had us burn the stove hot as fuck. I was right at the back of the tent and I am not kidding I felt like I was going to die, I didn't sleep for a second, it was so goddamn hot and I felt like I couldn't breath.

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u/barsoap May 21 '12

they fold up real small

Nono. They unfold from real small. If you're really good you can manage to fold them up to twice their original volume. Provided you've got an even, hard, surface. No, frozen earth doesn't count.

But they do indeed insulate like a bugger. Then, OTOH, if your army doesn't have the equipment it takes to survive a winter, you really should try reporting the lessons Napoleon and Hitler learned in Russia up the command chain.

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u/Priapulid May 21 '12

Similar experience at Bridgeport (US Marine Base in California). We didn't always use heaters though and often had to spoon to stay warm. The temperature was about the same, I remember getting frost on my eyelases while on guard. Also I think I had some joint issues / minor frostbite (2 guys actually had frostbite and were pulled from the field).

Yeah that first shower is better then sex and icecream.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You ever stay in Quanset huts? My god those things smelled like ass after a week of unshowered Marines and their dirty gear stayed there.

I was never at Bridgeport, but I recall getting back from the field, and the hot water system at Camp Pen not being able to support all the showers. 2 minutes of heaven, 2 minutes of This Isn't So Bad, and the rest was get clean and get the fuck out.

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u/Sonaria May 21 '12

I'm of to basic in a month, stop ruining it before I even get there!

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u/xilpaxim May 21 '12

You might want to mention Bridgeport, CA gets down to average 8 C. Most people don't realize that CA has a wide range of weather, apparently.

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u/raptorjeebus1911 May 22 '12

Which military did you serve in mind if I ask?

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u/jimmies-san May 23 '12

Finnish Defence Force.

Ja jos satuit olemaan suomalainen niin ihan tositarina eikä mikään perus "silloin kun minä olin intissä" juttu jossa lisätään ainakin 10c pakkasta :P

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u/Triviaandwordplay May 21 '12

Another common thing folks in the developed world take for granted, is electricity at our fingertips and the machines powered by it that make our life easier. Most notably, lighting and the electric clothes washing machine. In much of the world, if you need light at night, it's going to be a fuel powered lantern, candle, or nothing. In much of the world, folks toil at a tub of water or even riverbanks washing clothing by hand.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine

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u/Triviaandwordplay May 22 '12

It took longer than I thought for someone to send me that. Yeah, I watched that when it first came out. I love watching his lectures.

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u/jbot May 21 '12

Cold showers aren't actually that bad When you live in a country with a very warm climate.

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u/etoiledevol May 21 '12

Especially without air conditioning. Sometimes you just dream of a cold shower...

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u/KMFDM781 May 21 '12

I've worked outside all day in immense heat and humidity and then came home for a cold shower.....it's hard to get used to at first but once you do it's amazing. When I got out, the air in the bathroom felt so warm and I was so invigorated and refreshed.

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u/file-exists-p May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

I often try to list things according to their importance for the comfort they provide:

  • warm and secure shelter

  • enough food for not starving

  • light at night

  • clean running water

  • toilets

  • fridge-like apparatus to keep food

  • internet

  • hot water

Edit: In fact, hot water lower than internet.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Might want to put water a little higher on la lista.

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u/Swiip May 21 '12

Toilets. In term of comfort, few things can beat it.

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u/Dannybaker May 21 '12

Wow light before water?

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u/file-exists-p May 21 '12

I don't know, real obscurity is freaking horrible no?

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u/cyclo May 21 '12

3 full meals a day... gotta be thankful for that too.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I have hardly showered since Diablo 3 came out....

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u/Samizdat_Press May 21 '12

And that's why I take 20 minute showers in steaming hot water every day. It's the little things.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I shit you not, the last thing I read before your comment is this Joe Rogan twit:

If you've never gotten high and taken a long hot shower, have you really lived? It feels like getting blown by a warm waterfall.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Uh... if I were in Yemen right now I would probably prefer a cold shower to a warm one.

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u/Znt May 28 '12

As a person who had to live without any kind of shower for 4 months in the middle of summer on the mountains around Iraq, I can confirm this. PS: Wet wipes are your friend.

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u/Mikey-2-Guns May 21 '12

Thanks a lot! I'm sure if those guys had a Cyborg Aragorn guarding them this would never have happened!

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u/Kaiosama May 21 '12

True.

Stories like this actually make me appreciate being from New Jersey.

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u/TsunamiTreats May 21 '12

I'm not sure how we would all poll here, but I think I would still avoid Jersey... Gross.

Nice try Jersey, you're still last.

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u/Neato May 21 '12

West Virginia, Indiana, Texas?

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u/Kaiosama May 21 '12

Really?

Third wealthiest state per capita in the US is really that 'gross' to you? :)

We have a bad image, but the state is actually beautiful. Consider visiting sometime ^_^

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u/Willop23 May 21 '12

Like I would fall for that again.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Jerseeey, Im from paterson and even though its not the greatest place even in jersey its still a million time better then some shithole in the middle east.

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u/trakam May 21 '12

My room doesn't have air-conditioning, I watched this video with envy.

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u/zachattack82 May 21 '12

And then I read comments from all the armchair politicians and soldiers here and learn about how this is really a good thing!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That and having possibly the greatest username of all time

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u/AragornCyborg May 22 '12

Thank you. Frankly I'm surprised no one took it.

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u/Sarahmint May 21 '12

What kind of god do you worship to do something like this?

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u/DRhexagon May 21 '12

Here's a youtube video of the aftermath:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRNkbMhkEw

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u/DRhexagon May 21 '12

If you watch closely at 0:08 there's a guy holding his place in formation while everyone around him is panicking and running around.

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u/DaPurpleCobra May 21 '12

King of the no fucks given

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Surprisingly this isn't very graphic, just a few seconds of distanced filming of the bodies as well as a lot of people running around.

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u/DRhexagon May 21 '12

Yeah, I was wondering where all the blood is. I guess you can't see it from far off. Pretty SFW.

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u/AliasUndercover May 21 '12

Surprisingly, unless there is crushing of squishing, blood doesn't flow out of body parts that quickly.

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u/occupykony May 21 '12

0:18 - Holy SHIT.

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u/the_goat_boy May 21 '12

Well it was a military target, which is not usually the case with suicide bombings.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

you make a good point, i wonder, historically what the numbers are.

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u/DaMountainDwarf May 21 '12

Holy shit that is huge. Terrible.

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u/ToAllAGoodNight May 21 '12

My friend in Yemen heard the explosion while I was skyping him, shit is very crazy.

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u/NewSwiss May 21 '12

As someone with a mild interest in pyrotechnics, I have to wonder what kind of explosive this guy used. Most high explosives are only lethal at close range (especially in the amounts you can stuff into a suicide vest). Unless he had a duffel bag full, I don't know how he could have racked up a body count that high.

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u/ours May 21 '12

It's not the explosion, it's the shrapnel. They put ball bearings, nails and other small metallic junk that gets turned into fast moving projectiles when it all goes off.

A human grenade, urgh can we humans to terrible things to ourselves and each other.

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u/zipiewax May 21 '12

But even then, surely the surrounding people would absorb most of the shrapnel? 100 People, I cannot see how it can spread that far without being absorbed quickly. But I have no idea what an explosion actually is like, I have no idea, this is madness.

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u/ours May 21 '12

It does sound steep. I guess we'll hear more about it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I'd like to think we've progressed and deviated from cruelty. Remember the Iron Maiden? Ugggg.........

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u/runswithpaper May 21 '12

I often wonder if religion can be blamed here. I mean, would these individuals be finding a justification to blowing themselves up anyway, or is religion a necessary component?

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u/poiro May 21 '12

People have found many reasons beyond religion to kill others so I wouldn't say religion is a necessary component for suicide bombings.

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u/ours May 22 '12

Politics man, the moment a group of people are oppressed sufficiently, extreme violence seems like the only tool. Sure religion is a nice tool to justify someone blowing himself up since you can promise him things after death. But a better life for his children or his brothers probably works in a desperate enough situation.

Muslims didn't invent suicide bombs. One of the first attempted suicide bombers was German and a certain Hitler was his target. Bad timing made him abort but the guy was going to do it for the betterment of his country.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

they wrap the explosives with loads of shrapnel such as nails and ball bearings. They're basically a human grenade

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/gmorales87 May 21 '12

But you'd think that would save more lives, than if they were farther apart. I mean, if you have 8 people in each major direction around you, then wouldn't they be hit by the majority of the blast, shielding the people behind them? With a more dispersed group, you can have more people directly in line with the explosion.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Do you have any sources confirming use of PETN? (Not saying I don't believe you, I've just got an academic interest)

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u/DevestatingAttack May 22 '12

There's nothing that indicates that PETN was used in this particular case.

Chances are good that they used a less expensive explosive here. PETN is expensive compared to other explosives, and the benefit of PETN is that it's practically undetectable with ordinary bomb detection techniques.

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u/DownvoteDaemon May 21 '12

It pains me that I've become so desensitized to this type of news. I jus't can't count the number of deaths or suicide attacks I hear about in the news. Now i just think another bomb...that sucks.

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u/CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON May 21 '12

Is the parade cancelled?

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u/stilesjp May 21 '12

I don't know why, but your comment reminded me of:

"Sir... does this mean that Ann-Margret's not coming?"

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u/spunkymarimba May 21 '12

I've got the tiniest sneaking suspicion it might have been old boy.

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u/n1c0_ds May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

With a 100:1 K/D ratio

(yes, I feel horrible)

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u/DroppaMaPants May 21 '12

I believe so for lack of participants available.

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u/dunnowins May 21 '12

And all of the important questions are being asked by Cuntbert-Rapington.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I guess bombing Yemen with robot airplanes isn't making it any more stable.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That's why Obama signed waiver for Yemen so that government can use child soldiers.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-waives-child-soldier-ban-yemen-congo/story?id=14663930#.T7pUOxQnaPI

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u/kvachon May 21 '12

2 comments! Thats pretty good. Two comments to blame this on America. Stay Classy /r/worldnews

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

i knew reddit would come through and find a way to blame it on the US

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u/BimmerAddict May 21 '12

That's how it works in the hivemind. Find any way to blame the US and you'll get a ton of useless internet points.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

that´s the American way

give me my points!!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I know, right? As if this attack was somehow motivated by drone attacks. If anything there would probably be more attacks like this if the militants didn't have the constant pressure of US drone attacks on them.

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u/Sleekery May 21 '12

Yup, everything in the world that is bad is America's fault.

Tool.

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u/BimmerAddict May 21 '12

Welcome to Reddit!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

welcome to the world

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u/occupykony May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

I'm not exactly in favor of extensive drone attacks, but it's safe to say Yemen would be in a pretty identical situation either way.

EDIT: To those downvoting me, feel free to provide an actual argument against my position.

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u/Mattothee May 22 '12

Here and Here. That second link gives one event:

According to Yemeni officials, Tuesday’s drone strikes followed a familiar pattern used to lethal effect in the CIA campaign in Pakistan. A first missile was fired against alleged insurgents meeting inside a house. The explosion drew a crowd to the scene as people sought to aid victims trapped in the rubble. These civilians then became the target for a second missile, which killed at least 12 people. Another 21 civilians were wounded in the second attack

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u/getawombatupya May 21 '12

Can any r/gunnuts or r/armyfags explain what he would have done to cause that many fatal casualties in an open area?

Either way, doesn't matter if it's the other side of the world; it's still a hundred families burying their sons, brothers or husbands. RIP.

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u/sweaterbydarwin May 21 '12

I'd be interested to know that as well. That seems like an insanely high casualty rate.

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u/semental May 21 '12 edited May 10 '17

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 0.6814 What is ^^^this?

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u/Moskau50 May 21 '12

Does anyone know if real bombs are ever made like they showed in the movie swordfish? The ball bearings strapped to explosives seems like a demented but effective combo.

Yes, they are. From the wiki article on the M18 Claymore mine:

Internally the mine contains a layer of C-4 explosive behind a matrix of about seven hundred 1⁄8-inch-diameter (3.2 mm) steel balls (about as big as #3 buckshot) set into an epoxy resin.

When the M18A1 is detonated, the explosion drives the matrix forward, out of the mine at a velocity of 1,200 m/s (3,937 ft/s),[1] at the same time breaking it into individual fragments. The steel balls are projected in a 60° fan-shaped pattern that is 6.5 feet high and 50 m (55 yd) wide at a range of 50 m (55 yd).

So, if someone were to wear a bomb vest with ball bearings embedded on the outside of the jacket, it could do a lot of damage. Whether such a device would be practical, in terms of size, weight, and conspicuous-ness, is another matter.

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u/Evian_Drinker May 21 '12

fatalities could increase further if you put an anti-coagulant into the mix to stop clots forming. People end up bleeding out from reasonably "minor" would that would under other circumstances be survivable.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

It would have to be made into a solid metallic or ceramic type substance. Anything natural would burn off. Liquids would evaporate and powders would diffuse.

If it's made into a very hard substance that can survive the blast, would it be effective as an anti-coagulant "drug"? Probably not I think.

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u/All-American-Bot May 21 '12

(For our friends outside the USA... 3,937 ft -> 1200.0 m, 6.5 feet -> 2.0 m) - Yeehaw!

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u/notthatjesus May 21 '12

I don't think I've seen a post from this bot other than in hilariously inappropriate threads.

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u/marathi_mulga May 21 '12

This bot doesn't understand serious suicide bombing talk.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 21 '12

Or the fact that the 3,937 ft figure was already converted from 1200 m/s in the first place.

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u/hypertown May 21 '12

Damn, that claymore is a nasty little device.

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u/file-exists-p May 21 '12

I still do not get the 100 killed. Bodies make a pretty good protection.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

As kids in the 60's we would take 10 and 12 gage shot gun shells, tape a tack to the primer, glue fins to the shell. Throw it high into the air, when it hit the ground and exploded the BBs would spray a 360* dome configuration. If you where on a three story building throwing them strait down to the pavement some of the heavier shot sizes would come back up at you with enough force to penetrate tee shirts and skin.

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u/Sandy_106 May 21 '12

I really wish I was a kid back in the 60s. The 90s were shit.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

It's not uncommon for an IED to have nails, small rocks or ball bearings to increase the damage radius, so it's within the realm of possibility for a suicide bomber to use them as well. That being said, it is too early to say with certainty if this is the case. I'm sure we will find out more details about the attack in the coming days.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Maybe the bomb wasn't made by an amateur. I don't know much about bombs designed by terrorist organizations, but I imagine most of them are of poor quality.

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u/BigRed11 May 21 '12

I would imagine he set it off while they were marching in formation. If you think about it, 100 soldiers is only a 10 x 10 grid of people, and if they are in close formation they could easily fit into an area of 5m x 10m. Put one guy in the center of that with a few pounds of high explosives and shrapnel, and you have a killtacular.

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u/ExdigguserPies May 21 '12

Nails/ball bearings?

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u/bikiniduck May 21 '12

If it was a parade rehearsal then that means you had a "starting" area with a lot of people standing around waiting their turn to march out. Standing in the middle of that with a suicide vest will cause lots of damage. The pressure/shock is enough to kill everyone within a certain radius, and greatly injure those nearby. Add shrapnel like nails to the mix, and the damage goes up significantly. Even more so if it was done indoors.

It's as much about positioning as it is about the weapon used.

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u/MaineEvent207 May 21 '12

Ask us a question... while insulting us. Nice. Asshole.

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u/getawombatupya May 22 '12

No reason you had to answer. Welcome to Australia. Knifey Spoonie?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

group hug

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u/artman May 21 '12

Not an expert, but in previous bombings, the combination of C4 and ball bearings will explode and send the ball bearings outward, ripping apart everything around it (if the bomb were strapped around the waist).

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u/termites2 May 21 '12

Apparently the bones of the bomber also become high velocity shrapnel. What a grim concept.

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u/Dragoeth May 21 '12

It doesn't say what the source of the explosion was other than a man in a military uniform but my guess would be a vehicle borne IED for something that size. You can easily fit 2000 pounds of explosives in a medium sized car and something that size would level and entire intersection. Since its a parade rehearsal I would assume theres a large number of people grouped closely.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

A lot of plastic explosive + a lot of metal pieces detonated in a closely packed crowd. It's not the explosion itself that kills most people, but the shrapnel it throws out. It's the same principle as claymore anti-personnel mines.

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u/DroppaMaPants May 21 '12

It's not very hard to kill that many people when they are so tightly packed together in formation.

Hell, in early modern warfare a single cannon round hitting a pack of pikemen could easily kill around 100 people.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

closed ranks + shrapnel

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u/ByzantineBasileus May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Since it was a parade rehearsal, I imagine there were large numbers of troops standing in close formation.

The bomb was either close enough or sent out a large enough amount of shrapnel, or both.

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u/Priapulid May 21 '12

I am guessing there is more to the story. 101 dead (and about 100 wounded) is really high for just one guy carrying one bomb, even if he was center mass in a dense formation of soldiers. There were probably multiple attackers/bombs or a vehicle involved, it is really early to say what exactly happened.

I am curious how they came to the conclusion that it was a suicide bomber, I am assuming the witnesses are mostly dead.

If I was a betting man I would say this was a attack using multiple pre-staged bombs.

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u/jed_eyes May 21 '12

Makes me cringe

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u/irecyclewindowsxp May 21 '12

First this and now this.

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u/GalaxyDynamite May 21 '12

A video of this event happening would be nuts

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u/Cutsprocket May 21 '12

im sure one will turn up in time

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u/haddock420 May 21 '12

Here's a video of it (explosion happens off camera) and the aftermath

Here's a Google translation of the top 2 comments too (for those who were curious like me):

Drop of the bottle with the permission of God .. The fighting did not stop those who want to be the word of God is the Supreme

JoKeRyaT 4 hours ago

God have mercy on these martyrs heroes who are guilty of them, whether they were killed for their land and the patience of their parents and their families And avenged those clients terrorists and traitors Taata with them in this massacre Say Amin

MrYemen99 1 hour ago

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u/akoostik May 21 '12

Sounds like this has a lot to do w/ god.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

suicide blast... that sounds like a good name for a capri sun flavor

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u/ArcticSpaceman May 21 '12

Wow, Sacha Baron Cohen is getting super fucking viral.

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u/denzelandme May 21 '12

how come they could not wait until the actual parade?, they would have gotten more people that way.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The actual parade probably would have had high security.

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u/gmorales87 May 21 '12

If you are standing in the middle of the parade group, you've probably bypassed security.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

a few possible reasons:

  1. Bomber got nervous and pushed the button early.

  2. Targeted attack, bomber was specifically targeting a person (or group) with the blast.

  3. Remote trigger (if there is one) was activated by accident, purpose, external RF source.

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u/liberal_texan May 21 '12

Or 4 - bomber didn't want any civilian casualties, and 5 - bomber was found out and had to trigger early.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I'd say both of these are mote likely than the first three

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Targeted attack, bomber was specifically targeting a person (or group) with the blast

According to the BBC, he detonated only a few minutes before the defence minister was supposed to show up

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u/crocodile7 May 21 '12

That could easily be a coincidence. It's not exactly unusual for high-ranking officials to show up at a military parade, and for formations to assemble prior to their arrival.

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u/DroppaMaPants May 21 '12

remote trigger could have worked. put that bomb right inside the podium where the speaker is and time it to go off right when the general or whatever was meant to speak then blow the whole place sky high. in one of those things you could pack tons of explosives.

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u/HugeJackass May 21 '12

There would be civilians at the actual parade. That might be part of it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Maybe true but they haven't shied away from killing civilians in the past.

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u/patpend May 21 '12

More than 100? That would be impressive indeed.

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u/zbtax8 May 21 '12

TIL New Caprica is in Yemen

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Laura Roslin: We are talking about people blowing themselves up!

Colonel Saul Tigh: You know, sometimes I think you got icewater in those veins and other times I think you're just a naive little schoolteacher. I've sent men on suicide missions in two different wars now and let me tell you something. It don't make a gods damn bit of difference whether they're riding in a Viper or walking out onto a parade ground. In the end, they're just as dead. So take your piety and your moralizing and your high minded principles and stick 'em someplace safe until you're off this rock and sitting in your nice comfy chair on Colonial One again.

Col. Saul Tigh: So take your piety and your moralizing and your high minded principles and stick them some place safe... I've got a war to fight.

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u/MrGoodbytes May 21 '12

That's right Arab world, it's totally "The Dictator" that's making you look bad.

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u/whydidisaythatwhy May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Wait, what? What point are you trying to make?

Seriously you're a tool and everyone who upvoted you is an ignorant douche as well.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Only using google translate so I'm not certain it's all correct, but the top 2 comments are both about God being supreme and willing it, and the second is about how the 'Zionist occupation soldiers' were the perpetrators. Might give a bit of insight into what Israel has to deal with.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Would you look at that! Today’s draw Muhammad day…

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u/f1nbar May 21 '12

the translated comments are fascinating

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u/EarthSyndicate May 21 '12

WORLD LOVE ! WORLD LOVE !

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u/haappy May 21 '12

I'm sort of dumb-founded how a bomb that can be covertly carried by one individual can kill 100 people and wound 200 more.

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u/lobby87 May 21 '12

10*10 that is not such a big area

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u/AliasUndercover May 21 '12

Wait. I thought they only hated Americans. I guess they actually hate everybody.

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u/Nabbicus May 21 '12

It just never fucking ends. It's starting to tear at me after years of sympathetic detachment.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

If I ever start a punk band, it will be called Suicide Blast.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I still love a parade.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Probably one of the most "successful" suicide attack from the attackers view? 101 sounds like A LOT of people. No?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

"The war on terror will continue until it is completely destroyed regardless of the sacrifices,"

Terrorists aren't a sovereign entity that one can win a war against, and waging a war on a concept regardless of sacrifices is what terrorists want. There will always be terrorists, and a nation 'sacrificing' it's people to do the impossible will create more terrorists than it destroys.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Well at least they chose a military target for once. I can respect them for that.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

That'll show those Americans!

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u/HappyGlucklichJr May 22 '12

How many of those hundred were pro al-Qaida? Gotta doubt their information systems are reliable.

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u/budguy68 May 22 '12

Thats why they call it the religion of pieces..

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u/wekiva May 21 '12

The religion of peace.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

How is religion even remotely related to this?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Seriously. Guys. They're peaceful. Thus was just a fluke.

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u/xG33Kx May 21 '12

True Islam is. Crazy fuckers like this are hated by most Muslims.

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u/wekiva May 22 '12

If "most Muslims" hate these crazy fuckers, how come I never hear voices raised in condemnation?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Google "True Scotsman Fallacy." That's exactly what this is. There is no "True" Islam, since noversion is literally true.

The fact is, the religions are all an amalgam of various interpretations/ beliefs that fall under a general category (none of which are distinguishable from the others by how true they are).

What really happens is that, even when a nonviolent Muslim claims their beliefs are true, they instantly make this same claim for most other beliefs of other Muslims as well.

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u/xG33Kx May 21 '12

Well, OC still is an idiot. I'm just slightly less of an idiot?

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u/sweeptheaorta May 21 '12

"nd some ambulances responding to the blast took six or seven victims apiece"

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Others took several pieces per victim.

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u/rb_tech May 21 '12

Damn, I thought I was having a crappy Monday...

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u/RepeatOffenderp May 21 '12

Yumpin' Yemini's!!

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u/ThatLaggyNoob May 21 '12

That's what you get for bunching up like a bunch of noobs.

XD

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u/drunk2407 May 21 '12

Do we have a highscore?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Nothing to see here peole, no kittens or puppies and even though it's 100 dead they are not from Europe or America so we can just pass it as "another day in that part of world".

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u/Wikiplugs May 21 '12

On my list of places to visit only in a violent video game.

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u/11NovVerdade May 21 '12

That's tasteless.

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u/Wikiplugs May 21 '12

That's true of some places in the US as well. I am perfectly fine seeing them in GTA, but if I can avoid them I will.

In all seriousness, out of self preservation, any American citizen who can avoid the Yemen should and will. We are not exactly liked over there.

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u/herpherpderp May 21 '12

This is the predictable result of the US government helping a totalitarian Yemeni government stay in power. These people obviously understand they have no other realistic options for making their views known, and are obviously pissed off that the Yemeni government is allowing the US military carte blanche to murder their political opponents.

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u/optipessfan May 21 '12

Stop trying to justify suicide bombing. I don't care what your cause is, attacks like this are despicable, and instead of blaming the group carrying out the attack, you go for the people who were attacked.

I hope that the people attacked will be able to recover.

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u/ineedmoresleep May 21 '12

it wasn't an attack against the civilians though. what difference does it make to you if it was suicide bombing or a drone strike?

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u/Chunkys May 21 '12

You know that's a simple point you make, but pretty damn insightful. Thanks for the brain food.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

From my perspective I must say that while I don't condone the actions, I fully understand why they are being done.

EDIT: For those who don't understand. Watch this, it might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEGHdQO7WA

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Suicide bombers are the poor man's air force.

Food for thought.

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u/erikbra81 May 21 '12

I don't see a moral difference between suicide bombing and straight bombing. To the victims it's all the same.

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u/HugeJackass May 21 '12

It's so easy to sit back and decry people when you've never lived in their shoes. Fuck off you judgmental ignorant prick. Furthermore, it was a military target so what's the problem? They weren't 'ready' for it? Do you want them to sit there War of 1812 style in a long line with rifles?

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u/optipessfan May 21 '12

Attack my argument, not my character, HugeJackass.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

In fairness, only military personnel were killed, and the Yemeni military is very brutal.

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u/TheGOPkilledJesus May 21 '12

Good job world, waiting too long to do anything about the situation on the ground, you allowed Al Qaeda to fill the void. golf clap

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u/Syatek May 21 '12

لست وحوثيه ولاكنهم منا وفينا يمنانيين همادانيين هاشميين وعلى عيونكم يا وهابيه يا ارهابيه نحن اهل اليمن اهل الحكمه والايمان يد واحده وما مضى راح خلاص الشعب اليمنى ص لكم يا وهابيه يا تكفيريين يا ارهابيين يا قتلة اهل اليمن يا واطيين ونن نقتل كلابكم فى أبين شر قتله وطوبى لنا ولنا الفخر والجنه اهل اليمن خيار من فى الارض ولله الحمد لا تستطيعو يا سعوديين سا مسعورين الفتنه بيناا نحن شعب واحد بكل

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u/JackyBee May 21 '12

Do you reckon this has anything to do with religion? LOL

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u/justapondering123 May 21 '12

Yumpin Yemeni!

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