Al-Qaeda’s ass-bombs
Sometimes, there’s only one appropriately headline for a story. This is one of them.
According to al-Arabiya television, the attack that injured Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef last month, was performed by a bomber with an improvised explosive device hidden inside his rectum. Here’s the word from the Associated Press:
“You tyrants … your bastions and fortifications will not prevent us from reaching you. We will come to you soon,” al-Qaida warned in an Internet statement. The authenticity of the message could not be independently verified, but it was posted on militant Web sites often used by al-Qaida. In one version of the events, Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-owned television network, said the attacker concealed the explosives in his anus, allowing him to evade detection. The network also quoted an expert as saying that the method of concealment aimed the blast away from the target, while blowing the bomber to bits. Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the al-Qaida claim. They have refused to say exactly how the bomber arrived at Prince Mohammed’s home, disclosing only that he was a wanted militant who convinced authorities he wanted to turn himself in.
The suicide bomber was a Saudi citizen, Abdullah Hassan al-Assiri, who had taken refuge in Yemen.
There are obvious challenges to hiding explosives inside suicide bombers’ rectums. Al-Assiri’s bomb only lightly injured the Saudi prince. Hiding explosive charges with enough strength to cause massive damage inside the rectum would take a suicide bomber of unusual dexterity.
Still though, damn.
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