long before suicide bombing becomes the hallmark of the tamil tigers and mad muslim fundamentalwotsits, british intelligence had thought of sending trained suicide pigeons on a mission carrying explosives, or biological weapons, flying into enemy targets during wwII.
as revealed in documents released to the National Archives, MI5 were not in favour of the scheme; branding the brains behind it as a "menace in pigeon affairs". whatever that means.
imagine if MI5 gave their utmost blessings to it. between then and now, boffin's might tinker with pigeon dna, turning them out to be living bioweapons. several times improved and upgraded. no?
as enscribed by the letter b @ May 21, 2004 07:38 AM