6/3/2002: Suicide bomber shrapnel

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flechettes really come out of the same bomber's cookbook as nails. they're just nails with fins so they fly and cut better.


the israelis apparently were using them on palestinians earlier in this engagement. the reality is that both sides of that battle are using "flechettes" - some literal, some from the hardware store.

i suspect the WordNetDaily didn't both to mention the Isrealis using the same damn thing only fancier.

an example of this from a year ago, from the Jerusalem Post:

TEL AVIV (June 13) - The IDF admitted yesterday that in fighting the Palestinians its tanks have used flechette shells, which are implicitly banned by international conventions. This came as B'tselem, the human-rights group, said it had evidence the three Beduin women killed by tank fire on Sunday were hit by flechettes.

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