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Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
Mon May 1, 2017, 03:05 AM May 2017

Wild boars overrun ISIS position, kill 3 militants!

Source:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/wild-boars-overrun-islamic-state-position-kill-3-militants/100876844/

Three Islamic State militants setting up an ambush in a bitterly contested area of northern Iraq were killed by a herd of stampeding boars, local leaders say.

Sheikh Anwar al-Assi, a chief of the local Ubaid tribe and supervisor of anti-ISIS forces, told The Times of London the militants were hiding on the edge of a field about 50 miles southwest of Kirkuk when the boars overwhelmed them Sunday. Five other militants were injured, al-Assi said. He said the group was poised to attack a band of local tribesmen who had fled to nearby mountains since militants seized the town of Hawija three years ago.

“It is likely their movement disturbed a herd of wild pigs, which inhabit the area as well as the nearby cornfields,” he said.


Hah! Even the swine have finally started turning against the swine. I'll be eating bacon and carnitas to celebrate!

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Wild boars overrun ISIS position, kill 3 militants! (Original Post) Mountain Mule May 2017 OP
Lol onetexan May 2017 #1
I woke to the aroma of bacon this morning. Cheers to the other white meat! Missn-Hitch May 2017 #2
Sounds like a nice cover story. RandySF May 2017 #3
Yeah, I thought that myself Mountain Mule May 2017 #4
That'll do pig, that'll do. irisblue May 2017 #5
The US should put together a battalion. Notice there were no civilian casualties. (It's called WinkyDink May 2017 #6
Stampeding boars? Throck May 2017 #7
It's the 21st C. Boar War. WinkyDink May 2017 #8
How many billions have we spent.... SergeStorms May 2017 #9
King Pig - I love it! Mountain Mule May 2017 #10

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
4. Yeah, I thought that myself
Mon May 1, 2017, 03:32 AM
May 2017

I bet there's a lot more to the story than what they're telling. It's still pretty funny, though!

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
6. The US should put together a battalion. Notice there were no civilian casualties. (It's called
Mon May 1, 2017, 04:34 AM
May 2017

"kidding on the square.&quot

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
9. How many billions have we spent....
Mon May 1, 2017, 04:59 AM
May 2017

trying to achieve the same result these wild boars achieved in a matter of minutes?

Perhaps Trump and the Pentagon should reconsider their tactics in combating ISIS. Being the King Pig, Trump could lead an army of other Pigs (his supporters) on a fearsome attack of the ISIS strongholds, rooting them out and destroying them once, and for all. As Trump opined in his campaign speeches, he knows "more than the Generals" about the subject of defeating ISIS, and DID promise to wipe out ISIS within the first 30 days of his administration. He's behind schedule, but I believe he and his Pig Army should be dispatched immediately to the fields of northern Iraq.
Victory over terrorism is merely a Pig stampede away!

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
10. King Pig - I love it!
Mon May 1, 2017, 10:28 AM
May 2017

Yeah, him and his swine should go over there ASAP and the rest of us can get busy making America America again!

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