[WW] Weird animal stories

["Paul Wade-Williams" <wiggywade@hotmail.com>]

This was part of a BBC news story today.  Was this mentioned in LotRD? Too 
good not to use in WW...especially bomb camels! How much explosive can a 
camel carry, I wonder?

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Since the days of Hannibal crossing the Alps with his elephants an exotic 
array of animals have been pressed into military action.

Even bats have been called upon to take part in military attacks

Perhaps the most bizarre plan was when the US launched Project X-Ray in 
World War II - an attempt to attack Japan with bats carrying tiny satchels 
bearing incendiary devices.

The plan backfired when on a practice run the bats attacked the wrong 
target, and set fire to a military airfield in New Mexico.

In the recent Afghan conflict troops were on alert for attacks by kamikaze 
camels strapped with explosives, a tactic the mujahideen used against Soviet 
troops.
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Wiggy

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