The Hazards Of Being A Jihadist

Wired.com reported yesterday that a would-be suicide bomber was killed in Russia on New Year’s Eve when her wireless carrier sent her an SMS (Short Message Service) text wishing her a Happy New Year.  The message set off the explosives in the safe house where she was preparing for the attack, killing her. 

The article reports:

“The authorities suspect the female bomber was part of the same Jihadist group that is suspected of hitting Moscow’s airport on Monday with a suicide bomb attack that killed 35.”

This is not all that unusual or new.  There is a very old book called THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT about wars between the organized crime families in New York City during the 1960’s that had a similar incident where a ‘family’ member was carrying a bomb with a remote control device in order to place it under a gang rival’s car.  Someone made a call on some sort of short wave radio and that was the end of the bomb and the bomb placer.

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