And on Saturday, during a funeral for children who died in the bombing on Wednesday, a unit of the Iraqi police stopped a suspicious-looking man approaching the funeral procession and discovered that he was wearing a suicide vest filled with explosives and ball bearings, the American command reported Sunday.An explosives team disarmed the man, a Libyan, and no one was hurt, according to the American military.
"The bomber was high on drugs and is being treated for the potential overdose," said Col. Joseph DiSalvo, an American commander. The bomber, he said, "came here to kill the grieving parents of the children who were killed on Wednesday."
"I cannot imagine a worse crime."
This isn't the first time that we've had reports of suicide bombers on drugs, but as I read this it occurs to me that we're wasting a potential resource in the war. We've got tens of thousands of warriors combating drug use domestically, but our drug users aren't blowing themselves up amidst crowds of children or mourners. So why let these paramilitary units languish here? We can start with the DEA. Off to Iraq with you. Do some good, for a change.
h/t to Jeff, naturally.
Not to be rude, but why would they treat some guy who was going to blow up a children's funeral? Let him OD for God's sake!
We have to treat them here in America (doing CPR on a guy on death row who tries to kill himself -- what what?), but we're a bunch of pussies.
The facts have become staggering, the stakes unquestionably are substantial, it is hard to talk about and even more challenging to do something about it. Technology, guidance, communication... each of them compete with human nature. In addition to each scenario is different.