# Stupid Iranian Terrorist Bombs Himself in Bangkok
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 14, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812 "2012-02-14T15:13:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/1 "2012-02-14T15:13:36Z")
Blew his legs right off, the moron. This afternoon. [The still-developing story](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/279816/iranian-injured-in-bangkok-bombs).
So there were these three Iranians who rented a house in the Sukhumvit Soi 71 area and were using it as a bomb factory. Seems one bomb blew up today, causing them all to flee. One tried hailing a taxi, but when the driver refused to take him to where he wanted to go, he threw a bomb at it. Now, I can’t say I completely disapprove of bombing the taxi. Many’s the time I’ve wanted to do that to a cab driver who said he would not take me where I needed to go. (It’s illegal for drivers to refuse passengers based on destination, but it happens all the time.)
For reasons as yet unclear, he was still around when the cops showed up, so he lobbed another bomb at them. Which bounced off a tree and came back at him. That’s the one that blew his legs off. 😃 Ho ho! Zany terrorists.
They caught one of the other Iranians at the main international airport attempting to leave the country. The third one remains at large. Speculation is rife that the Israeli Embassy was going to be a target, as the embassy was mentioned prominently after they arrested a prominent Hezbollah member a month ago shortly after he entered Thailand. Not sure if these two cases are related.
The Israeli Embassy is actually on the 25th floor of a skyscraper. Not sure how they would go about blowing that up. Carry the explosices up there? Or just toss them into the lobby and hope for the best?
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/2 "2012-02-14T15:18:23Z")
I hope the Israelis launch an international, open investigation of this.
Yep, “religion of peace”, my ass.
It is like the somali pirate who had his hand blown off-he went to his (Russian) captors for help.
They told him to fuck off.
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/3 "2012-02-14T15:23:11Z")
Ah, karma.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/4 "2012-02-14T15:43:58Z")
[Israeli report](http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=257754) in _The Jerusalem Post_.
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### Author:  [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/5 "2012-02-14T15:49:46Z")
> [@ralph124c](#):
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> I hope the Israelis launch an international, open investigation of this.
> Yep, “religion of peace”, my ass.
> It is like the somali pirate who had his hand blown off-he went to his (Russian) captors for help.
> They told him to fuck off.
To be fair, the Israelis started this round of blowing people up.
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### Author:  [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/6 "2012-02-14T15:52:01Z")
> [@ralph124c](#):
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> Yep, “religion of peace”, my ass.
Iranian is a religion?
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/7 "2012-02-14T15:53:51Z")
I imagine Tehran will accuse the Israelis of planting those Iranians.
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### Author:  [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/8 "2012-02-14T16:15:33Z")
Go back and reread the op, this time humming Yakity Sax ( the Benny Hill theme).
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/9 "2012-02-14T16:29:49Z")
Now now, I’m quite sure the Iranian bomb factory was just for peaceful, humanitarian purposes.
> [@MikeG](#):
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> Go back and reread the op, this time humming Yakity Sax ( the Benny Hill theme).
Or George of the Jungle,
_Watch out for that tree…_
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/10 "2012-02-14T16:36:38Z")
No one ever said terrorists were intelligent.
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### Author:  [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/11 "2012-02-14T16:40:27Z")
You know, we all laugh at this, but seriously, we have been very lucky that the bad guys are such idiots.
Imagine if someone who was competent was doing this.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/12 "2012-02-14T16:42:46Z")
If you find this amusing, you might like the movie [Four Lions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Lions). It’s about a small group of Islamic would-be terrorists in the UK. It’s a little dark.
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### Author:  [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/13 "2012-02-14T16:54:05Z")
> [@MikeG](#):
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> Go back and reread the op, this time humming Yakity Sax ( the Benny Hill theme).
It also helps to imagine the 3 guys names are Moe-ammar, Larry-mar, & Curley-mar.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/14 "2012-02-14T16:55:51Z")
> [@ralph124c](#):
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> Yep, “religion of peace”, my ass.
What religion are you aiming this at? I don’t see any religious overtones here; if any conclusions are to be jumped to, it would be that it was an act of political terrorism by Iranians towards Israel.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/15 "2012-02-14T17:01:43Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> No one ever said terrorists were intelligent.
Silence! I kill you!
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### Author:  [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/16 "2012-02-14T17:07:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> No one ever said terrorists were intelligent.
Whoever is blowing up Iranian nuclear scientists seem to have their shit together. Better training I guess.
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### Author:  [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/17 "2012-02-14T19:09:13Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#):
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> You know, we all laugh at this, but seriously, we have been very lucky that the bad guys are such idiots.
> Imagine if someone who was competent was doing this.
Little known fact: More IRA bombmakers killed themselves with their own bombs than killed innocent targets. It seems to be a common failing of terrorists, regardless of their cause.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/18 "2012-02-14T19:14:08Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Silence! I kill you!
Damn! Beat to the punch with the Achmed the Dead Terrorist joke!
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### Author:  [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/19 "2012-02-15T05:12:26Z")
On a related note; Israelis have changed their minds about Iran having nuclear weapons and are incouraging them to lob them at anyone they get mad at.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/20 "2012-02-15T05:28:45Z")
> [@wedgehed](#):
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> It also helps to imagine the 3 guys names are Moe-ammar, Larry-mar, & Curley-mar.
Mo(hammed) obviously, but the other two are less easily translated to/from Persian.
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