Monday October 29 7:52 PM ET U.S. Warns Afghans of Yellow Cluster Bomblets By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. radio broadcasts into Afghanistan (news - web sites) now include a safety warning: airdropped food parcels are square, unexploded cluster bombs are can-shaped, and both are yellow, so it is important to tell them apart. "Attention people of Afghanistan!" the broadcasts in Persian and Pashto say. "As you may have heard, the Partnership of Nations is dropping yellow Humanitarian Daily Rations. The rations are square-shaped and are packaged in plastic. They are full of good nutritious, Halal food," prepared according to Islamic precepts. "In areas far from where we are dropping food, we are dropping cluster bombs," the radio spots say, according to a transcript obtained on Monday. "Although it is unlikely, it is possible that not every bomb will explode on impact. These bombs are a yellow color and are can-shaped ..." "Once again, we will not be using these bombs in areas near where we are dropping relief supplies. Please, please exercise caution when approaching unidentified yellow objects in areas that have been recently bombed." click for more
Riiiiiiight. Apparently, the "Yellow Humanitarian Food Drop" committee didn't meet with the "Yellow Bomb Death Squad" committee before implementing their respective plans of action. Great communication, guys. You just received the coveted VesceySux "Peter Vecsey Family Tree" award. I guess the Afghan people have no choice but to enjoy a good game of "Afghani Roulette" every now and then...
This is truly unbelievable. We ought to drop cheat sheets too, with logos and stick people on it. You know, like the ones on the coke machines that show the coke machine falling on the stick figure, with a warning not to tip the machine. One displaying an Afghani person opening a yellow square bag of food with a smile. The other with a can shaped yellow object with it beginning to explode, with the red circle with the slash through it. Man, what a blunder.
