# 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:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/21 "2012-02-15T06:03:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> > [@ralph124c](#):
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> > Yep, “religion of peace”, my ass.
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> 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.
Wasn’t it Bush who called Islam a “religion of peace”, not anyone Islamic? Up until recently it was always Christianity that I was hearing called a religion of peace. [Googling](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Religion#H) I see quotes referring to Christianity that way as far back as the 1860s.
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> There are men who stalk about the world gloomy and stiff and severe — self-righteous embodiments of the mischievous heresy that the religion of peace and good-will to all mankind — the religion of love and hope and joy, the religion that bathes the universal human soul in the light of paternal love, and opens to mankind the gates of immortality — is a religion of terror — men guilty of misrepresenting Christ to the world, and doing incalculable damage to His cause, yet who find it in them to rebuke the careless laughter that bubbles up from a maiden’s heart that God has filled with life and gladness.
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> * Josiah Gilbert Holland, Gold-foil, Hammered from Popular Proverbs (1860) pp. 184-185.
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> ```
Underlining mine. It seems inaccurate to mock Islam for violating a position its followers didn’t attribute to themselves.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/22 "2012-02-15T08:39:01Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#):
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> 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.
We have a name for these kind of incidents here: we call them “work accidents”. As in, “Two Hamas activists were killed in an explosion in a Gaza apartment this afternoon. Army sources say that their deaths were probably a result of a work accident.”
That’s also why competent bomb makers are a terrorist organization’s most valuable asset - far more than the poor saps they actually send to set them off - and as a result, are prime targets for security forces.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/23 "2012-02-15T14:53:37Z")
[Update here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/279985/iranians-target-is-israeli-diplomats).
The third Iranian at large – presumably Curly-mar – did somehow manage to fly to Malaysia late last night. Not sure why the one guy was stopped and detained but the other one was not. But it looks like our friends in Malaysia [have arrested him](http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/280007/malaysia-arrests-iranian).
However this plays out, I suspect the one who’s in the hospital won’t have a leg to standon when he goes to court.
Of interest from the first link above: \*\*"Observers, however, noted that the use of motorbike assassins to blow up targets’ cars closely mirrored the method used to murder nuclear scientists in Iran in the past two years, raising the possibility of Iranian payback and a vicious covert war between the Middle East foes.
“Thai police said explosives and magnets were found inside the house in a residential area of Bangkok where the first blast occurred, shattering windows and causing the roof of the building to collapse.”\*\*
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### Author:  [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/24 "2012-02-15T14:57:11Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> We have a name for these kind of incidents here: we call them “work accidents”. As in, “Two Hamas activists were killed in an explosion in a Gaza apartment this afternoon. Army sources say that their deaths were probably a result of a work accident.”
You guys could take a lesson from us, and form something like our [OSHA](http://www.osha.gov/) to inspect their workplaces. Don’t you _care_ about your terrorists’ _safety_?
:p:D
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/25 "2012-02-15T15:31:09Z")
Oh, and [Iran is blaming Israel](http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/15/reutersworld/20120215171715&sec=reutersworld) for the blasts. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/26 "2012-02-15T15:40:59Z")
> [@scratch\_llll](#):
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> 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.
_snort_
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/27 "2012-02-15T16:16:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> However this plays out, I suspect the one who’s in the hospital won’t have a leg to standon when he goes to court.
I believed you to be above such things, Sam.
☹
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### Author:  [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/28 "2012-02-15T17:54:44Z")
Go to Netflix or some such and get a copy of “Into the Night”. It prominently features a squad of Iranian hit men who are definitely not the best and brightest.
And I can almost guarantee your will get this movie. Why, you say?
Well, it features the only known nude scenes of Michelle Pfieffer.
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/29 "2012-02-15T18:00:30Z")
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!! Serves you right you stupid fucking fuck.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/30 "2012-02-15T18:29:11Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> No one ever said terrorists were intelligent.
It is my absolutely unfounded and belligerent opinion that intelligent people, unless also burdened with significant paranoia or other delusional mental illness, don’t engage in terrorism. Either they can understand the irritating situation is much larger than their own efforts, or because they can see that neither/both “sides” are wrong. Sorta the same profile of criminals in general–smart folks have less violent methods for dealing with what bugs 'em.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/31 "2012-02-15T21:48:34Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> It is my absolutely unfounded and belligerent opinion that intelligent people, unless also burdened with significant paranoia or other delusional mental illness, don’t engage in terrorism. Either they can understand the irritating situation is much larger than their own efforts, or because they can see that neither/both “sides” are wrong. Sorta the same profile of criminals in general–smart folks have less violent methods for dealing with what bugs 'em.
Menachem Begin ordered the [bombing of the King David Hotel in 1946](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing) which killed 91 people, and he went on to become Prime MInister of Israel. One man’s terrrorist is another man’s patriot.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/32 "2012-02-15T22:53:42Z")
[playfully]
So terrorist = patriot, but the crux of my incredibly narrow-minded post is that neither are particularly bright, unless also afflicted.
I know who Begin was, but I’m not old enough to remember how he was viewed by the world at large. Was he consided a warmongering nut of the same order as Netanyahu?
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/33 "2012-02-16T02:21:26Z")
I remember Begin pretty well, and no, I don’t recall him being considered a wingnut. But it’s been awhile.
[Bombers ‘part of terror group’](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/280034/bombers-part-of-terror-group), says the Israeli ambassador to Thailand.
I like this excerpt: **“He added that while Mr Hazaei denied any connection to Mr Moradi after being detained at the airport, his clothes had traces of explosives and he was found to have suffered shrapnel injuries.”**
The Thai authorities though are trying to downplay any terrorism aspect out of fear of the effect on tourism. But [security is being beefed up](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/280036/city-governor-urges-public-to-avoid-panic).
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/34 "2012-02-16T16:17:31Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Menachem Begin ordered the [bombing of the King David Hotel in 1946](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing) which killed 91 people, and he went on to become Prime MInister of Israel. One man’s terrrorist is another man’s patriot.
To be fair, they did call the hotel earlier and told them to evacuate. For some reason, the hotel people ignored them.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/35 "2012-02-16T17:01:07Z")
Good thing baseball (or American football) isn’t commonly played by Iranian children, so throwing skills aren’t a given. Now, if he had tried to \*kick \*the bomb, maybe he would have missed the tree…
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/36 "2012-02-17T02:03:37Z")
[Suspects partied in Pattaya](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/280201/suspects-partied-in-pattaya) before the bombing. I doubt you can find 72 virgins in Pattaya though. Nice photo; refutes any claims they don’t know one other.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/37 "2012-02-17T02:13:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> I doubt you can find 72 virgins in Pattaya though.
You, of course, are our resident expert on that. 🙂
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### Author:  [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/38 "2012-02-17T02:17:47Z")
Was the “bomb factory” mainly making bombs for a couple attacks, or were they churning out extra bombs for export or something?
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### Author:  [@Stately\_Greek\_Automaton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stately_Greek_Automaton)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/39 "2012-02-17T02:23:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> [Suspects partied in Pattaya](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/280201/suspects-partied-in-pattaya) before the bombing. I doubt you can find 72 virgins in Pattaya though. Nice photo; refutes any claims they don’t know one other.
Well clearly the poor guys just had killer hangovers.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-iranian-terrorist-bombs-himself-in-bangkok/612812/40 "2012-02-17T02:30:36Z")
Security’s really tightening up now too. Story [here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/280199/airports-brace-for-attacks). Israel is warning us of intelligence about possible airport attacks now. Damn but those Iranians are sore losers.
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