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Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, wrote this on his blog (I added comments from his page at the end):

I assume that you have heard about the so-called a** Bomber. He was a terrorist who tried to kill a Saudi Deputy Interior Minister by putting a bomb up his a** and detonating it when they met. Unfortunately for the terrorist, the bomb was only big enough to kill the a** Bomber himself.

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090902_aqap_paradigm_shifts_and_lessons_learned

This raises many interesting questions. At the top of my list: Why did the a** Bomber think that killing the Deputy Interior Minister was worth shoving a bomb up his own a**? Sure, I could see if it was the Interior Minister himself, but the deputy?

I think Saudi Arabia played this wrong. Instead of telling the state controlled media that the ASSassination attempt failed, they should have reported that the Deputy Interior Minister was dead, and so was everyone else in the building. And they should have said there was no way to stop this sort of brilliant attack. Within weeks, every member of Al Qaeda would have shoved a too-small bomb up his a** and detonated it in a market or mosque. The innocent bystanders would be startled and perhaps a little bit slimed, but otherwise unhurt. Terrorism would have a quick and amusing conclusion.

The other thing I wonder is whether the original a** Bomber was the victim of a practical joke. I can imagine that conversation:

a** Bomber: I wish I had an evil scheme to kill someone who is marginally important.

Joker: Maybe you could shove a bomb up your a** and surrender to the authorities.

a** Bomber: Would that work?

Joker: Absolutely. It's the best idea ever.

a** Bomber: How would I get a bomb up there? It's a little tight.

Joker: I know a guy they call Large Bruce. I think he can help you out. It might take a few weeks of continuous practice.

a** Bomber: I don't know if I could do that.

Joker: Because you hate Allah or what?


The most disturbing thing about this is that the Saudis now have the “A-bomb”. Do we have to go to war with them not that there’s proof they’re building weapons of “a**” destruction?

Also, When the shoe bomber struck, they made us take off our shoes. Liquid chemical bombers strike, they make us throw away our water. The assbomber strikes, now I’m afraid of what we’ll have to go through in order to be allowed to board a plane.

My nephew Johnny chose the assbomber as the subject for an oral report in school. Johnny stood up in front of the class and announced that his report was about a guy who stuck a bomb in his a*****e. The teacher, offended that Johnny had used a vulgar word like "a*****e" in class, corrected him by saying, "Rectum!" Johnny replied, "Wrecked him?! It ******** KILLED him!"

One final thought, I wonder exactly how the bombing went down. I imagine he said something like, "Hey Mr Deputy Interior Minister, Pull my finger!!"

By webgrunt

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