Unleashing the Beast

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terrorism. Several years ago after studying this strange strategy, a chemist by the name of Rabbi Moshe Antelman developed a pork laced bullet that he believed could restrain much of the uprising inside of Israel, especially among the extreme fanatics. He believed his bullets, code named AT-PLO (Anti-terrorist Paradise Lost Ordinance) projectiles, could take the momentum out of would-be terrorists. The theory is that if a Muslim believes that through contacting pork he could void his entrance into Paradise, then make the pork bullets available. Let the terrorists know that if they attack innocent people, they will be shot with pork bullets. Or if they act as a suicide bomber, their remains will be wrapped in pork and buried in the ground. The latter scenario actually did occur in Israel. When a suicide bomber blew himself up in Northern Israel, several men from the community obtained pork, took the pieces of the terrorist's body, and wrapped it in the swine's flesh and buried it. The Muslim leaders within Israel went into a rage. After the men in the Jewish community buried the remains of the Islamic militant in pork skin, they were asked why they did this. Their answer was, "Any person who would blow himself up and thinks he gets 72 virgins certainly thinks pork would keep him out of heaven. We're just helping him stay out." It should be noted that some secular Muslims do not believe the story of the 72 virgins in paradise, nor are they overly concerned about the issue of pork. Several years ago the Israeli army was interested in the idea of using pork projectiles against terrorists, but the upper brass of