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Israel-Palestine
Israel makes "skunk bomb" for Palestinian protests
2004-08-25
Israel's army has developed a pungent new weapon for driving back Palestinian protesters -- the skunk bomb.
"Eeeeewwww! Who fired the round?"
The stink bomb, containing a synthetic version of the odor skunks release to deter predators, has been developed for breaking up protests and stone-throwing confrontations without causing casualties, security officials said Wednesday.
"Smells like... victory! [Gag!]"
The foul-smelling weapon was invented as part of efforts to replace rubber bullets, which have killed scores of Palestinians during a nearly four-year-old uprising.
They've killed considerably fewer than would have been the case had lead been used...
The new device, which is not yet operational, releases a cloud so pungent that according to initial tests it permeates clothes for five years, the officials said. Palestinians said such a weapon could be particularly unpleasant for devout Muslims since they cannot pray with clothes that smell and would have to throw them away.
My heart bleeds... No. Wait. That's the chili talkin'. Never mind.
Israel's army has often been accused of using excessive force in fighting the Palestinian uprising and security officials said it was trying to work with foreign and local firms to develop nonlethal measures. Another weapon which is close to being operational is a fiberglass tank shell that disintegrates in the air, causing an enormous explosion but no casualties.
A tank-fired firecracker? That makes sense. Not a lot of sense, but sense...
Posted by:Fred

#17  Muslims are renowned for excessive use of after-shave and colonge (Gentle likes her men smellin' REAL goooood). Expect sales to increase shortly.
Posted by: Mark Z.   2004-08-25 7:26:08 PM  

#16  amyls are usually fun
Posted by: Half   2004-08-25 4:44:22 PM  

#15  I broke a 1 litre bottle of amyl acetate in a steel building while moving a bunch of chemicals one day. Whole place smelled like bananas for weeks. Maybe we can put some in the Paleo prison during the hunger strike.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-08-25 3:33:19 PM  

#14  Fools, all of you. Only the unsurpassed annoyance of CRAP's monotonic droning being blasted at 300 decibels could possibly do scum like Sadr any justice.

As to the skunk bomb, ethyl mercaptan sounds like just the ticket.

Palestinians said such a weapon could be particularly unpleasant for devout Muslims since they cannot pray with clothes that smell and would have to throw them away.

So pray naked, you rotting basturds! May you finally become the STINKING terrorists that you have always been. The persistence of such an odor will slowly eliminate all gathering places as each, in turn, is "beautified" by such a dispersal tactic.
Posted by: Anonymous6166   2004-08-25 3:24:35 PM  

#13  Now, the next improvement is making it sound like a big fart so every paleo begins looking at his neighbour.
Posted by: JFM   2004-08-25 3:03:22 PM  

#12  Nine Inch Nails... bout anything of theirs would drive em nuts
Posted by: Atropanthe   2004-08-25 2:44:51 PM  

#11  OP....

I am thinking of Pink Floyds 'Pigs on the Wing'...
or 'Dogs of War'....

Others??
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-25 2:38:02 PM  

#10  I'd like to see the Israeli's drop one of these in the middle of the next paleosimian "car swarm".

Now that would be sweet.
Posted by: Don   2004-08-25 2:31:56 PM  

#9  I'm still waiting for the Marines to use their BigNoise weapon in Iraq... I heard about it, and now I want to see it. I think it would have been perfect for Najef. I can't think of anything more fitting than Led Zepplin at 300dB blasting the eardrums of al Sadr's tater-tots, or maybe some really NASTY acid rock... I wonder if Israel is working on something like that, too...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-08-25 1:33:34 PM  

#8  I would think that firing one of those babies into Arafish's aquarium Muqata Ramallah hovel might improve the aroma dramatically
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-25 1:12:19 PM  

#7  Bill N.: He he he . . . Who says they still won't drop the Pig Juice on the Paleos?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-25 1:01:17 PM  

#6  releases a cloud so pungent that according to initial tests it permeates clothes for five years

Very nice... Maybe the NYPD can get some of this stuff for the convention! That, my friends, would rock.
Posted by: Atropanthe   2004-08-25 1:01:08 PM  

#5  Well it is certainly more high tech than shooting or dropping lard on the imbeciles, but not as much fun.
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-08-25 12:52:18 PM  

#4  The United Nations hereby declares that odor intimidation is akin to genocide, and thus demands that Israel put an end to the use of vile chemical weapons which offend Palestinian Olfactory nerves.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-25 12:16:26 PM  

#3  Only the ones using deodorant.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-08-25 10:33:22 AM  

#2  If you drop a stink bomb in the middle of a bunch of paleos... will anybody notice?
Posted by: BH   2004-08-25 10:27:50 AM  

#1  No matter that the pungent cloud will be non lethal. The Paleos will claim 'chemical warfare' and Al Jaz and the U of Cal Berkeley faculty newsletter will carry 'crime against humanity' captions.
Posted by: mhw   2004-08-25 10:14:46 AM  

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