Peregrine Falcon Takes Flight At Taronga Zoo (Photo : Getty Images)
A sympathizer of the Islamic State proposed a way how the terrorist organization could beat the Coalition planes that have been bombing Iraq and Syria. Titled "A New Way To Down Warplanes," the suggestion is to use birds as suicide bombers.
"The Crusader and Shiite airstrikes are the biggest military obstacle to the soldiers of the caliphate and dealing with it is a big challenge ... This is why we have to put in effort and find solutions. An idea came to my mind and I am asking to pass it to the relevant Mujaheddin in the Islamic State," writes the sympathizer.
The proposal is to strap a Urea bomb, a lightweight explosive, using a suicide belt on a bird that is trained to fly into an aircraft and then detonate the bomb. The sympathizer, who sent his proposal using the messaging app Telegraph, believes that type of bomb destroyed Russia's Metrojet plane in late October that killed all 224 people on board after it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula.
Two bird species were identified as potential suicide bombers - the peregrine falcon and Ruppell's vulture. Although the vulture is endemic to Africa, the sympathizer suggested to smuggle the bird or use those found in zoos in the caliphate, reports Vocativ.
The proposal, however, has similarities to a 2010 British movie, "Four Lions," about terror plots planned by Brit jihadists that uses crows as suicide bombers, notes the Washington Post.
Jihadists had previously used donkeys strapped with explosives to attack terror groups in Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and Iraq. Meanwhile, bat bombs and pigeon-guided missiles were used by the U.S. during World War II, points out Vocative.
