Apes trained for 'Jihad'

Updated on: 14 July,2010 06:47 AM IST |
Agencies |

Taliban terrorists have found a new secret weapon to destroy the infidel American enemy -- monkey marksmen

Monkey see, monkey kill.

Taliban terrorists have found a new secret weapon to destroy the infidel American enemy -- monkey marksmen.

According to The People's Daily in China, the Taliban in Afghanistan is "training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops."

The newspaper's bizarre story says the Islamic insurgents have drafted macaques and baboons to be all that they can be.

The Taliban are arming them with AK-47 rifles, machine guns in the Waziristan tribal region near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The monkeys, being rewarded with bananas and peanuts, are being turned into snipers at a secret Taliban training base.

Reading the reports, an American official said, "The Taliban forces have started training monkey soldiers after suffering heavy losses, implying that they have exhausted their tricks."

Nevertheless, the Taliban believe that the emergence of monkey soldiers indicates that they have found smarter and more effective ways to cope with American troops.

The newspaper says "photos have been widely spread by media agencies."

The pictures of gun-totting monkeys can be seen on the Pakistan Defense Forum site.

"Today, the Taliban forces have given the American troops some of their own medicine," the People's Daily said.
1955, the year the CIA launched a monkey-soldier programme in Vietnam, according to the People's Daily