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p>Hardly a new idea... br> -- unsigned /p>

Yes, Communist revolutionaries did us such tactics before. The VC used it in Vietnam among other nasty tricks. The tactic was dubbed "Tickle-Pop" according to an old friend of mine who was an SF NCO there on one of his tours.

Set off a small bomb or grenade to cause a few casualties, and when others come around to investigate or aid the injured set off the main charge.

Even Eric Rudolph did that in one of his abortion clinic bombings, and I believe either CBS or NBC News got the second detonation on camera.

p>There's always somebody out there to teach these bastards how to cause as much misery as possible. br> -- Cookie Sewell br> Aberdeen, Maryland /p> p> I am somewhat surprised at your ignorance of 20th century history. I do not know whether the Nazis or Communists employed the tactic of setting off one explosion, waiting for rescue equipment to arrive and setting off a second explosion. However, I do know that the Allies employed a very similar tactic for incendiary bombing attacks like the one on Dresden, Germany. These attacks consisted of two bombing raids. The first raid caused some damage to which the German firefighters and rescue workers responded. The second, more devastating bombing raid came later after the Germans had deployed their fire and rescue equipment and personnel. This second raid not only set fire to a very large number of structures, but also destroyed the fire and rescue equipment and killed the rescue workers that the Germans needed to respond to the incendiary attack. The two bombing raids were carefully timed for maximum destructive effect and casualties. Sadly, when it comes to mankind's evil genius, there is very little that is new under the sun. br> -- John Hockert, Ph.D.

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