Jihadilocks & The GWOT Bear
Don’t worry, it has a happy ending. Bear vs. AK-toting muj in a Kashmiri cave, bear wins. Scratch two jihadis. BBC report suggests a sort of Islamic extremist take on the Goldilocks story. Jihadilocks occupy the bear’s den, are making pudding when GWOT Bear comes home. “Who’s been making pudding in MY cave.”
Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar.
The militants had assault rifles but were taken by surprise - police found the remains of pudding they had made to eat when the bear attacked.
More bears like this, please.
The dead have been identified as Mohammad Amin alias Qaiser, and Bashir Ahmed alias Saifullah.
News of the attack emerged when their injured comrade went to a nearby village for treatment.
“Word spread in the village that Qaiser had been killed by the bear,” another police officer said.
Martyred happily ever after! This part’s different. Apparently insurgency has been good for wildlife.
Wildlife experts say the conflict in Kashmir has actually resulted in an increase in the population of bears and leopards.
Following the outbreak of the insurgency people had to hand in their weapons to police - which put a halt to poaching.
As a result, there has been a greater incidence of man-animal conflict, say experts.
There have been many reports of bears and leopards killing or mauling humans in different parts of the Kashmir valley in recent years.
Three years ago, residents of Mandora village near the southern town of Tral, beat a black bear to death which had strayed into the village.
OK, not so good for that bear. Not so good for the many humans reportedly mauled by bears and leopards, either. There has to be a better way to aid wildlife than insurgency-fueled gun control and feeding them local villagers and the occasional jihadi.
Goldberg, NRO: Obama withdraws from ursine security agreements. Gibbs, “The notion that only big ferocious animals can help us defeat our enemies is one that was fully rejected by the American people in last year’s election.”
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Wonder if the bear was on the CIA payroll?
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Do jihadis get virgins if they’re martyred by a bear? Or do they just get the raisins?