Good form on the hoop-jumper... Where's the pool of hungry laser-equipped sharks for him to jump into, though?

Well, if that whole martyrdom thing doesn't work out, they can always get jobs with the circus.

Cirque Du Soleil, Gaza-style

The Mossad must have stuff shooting out of their noses laughing when thay see this.

Pssst, Palo's...

ESPN2 shows dog training on once in a while. I think that's what you were watching.

If they are ever attack by giant traffic signs, they are sooo ready.

I guess someone already beat me to the punch...

Why does this remind me of the post of the Iranian women in the burkhas coming down the side of the building (one you did a long time ago)?

Either that or the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus...

And they're lobbying for a new Olympic sport: synchronized judo!

Ali-Oop!

Who does the background music?

These pics always crack me up. I used to be a cop so I send these pics every time Charles post them to all my cop buddies for a snicker.

The guys on the right in the middle picture look like they're having a grand 'ol time.

Hey, jumping through flaming hoops is ALWAYS a useful skill to have.

The Palestinian "security" force DOES double as a circus, anyway.

Recruitment slogan:

"Palestinians will jump through burning hoops to kill Jews!"

Tryouts for Abu Mazen's stunt double?

Looks like they've watched their share of "Police Academy" sequels.

Palestinian Preventive Security Forces?

Forces to prevent security?

Australian rappel and hand-to-hand training for security forces? Doesn't seem too odd to me.

Now the fire ring bit is a tad unusual...

In the top photo, are the arrows to show them which way is down?

Middle photo: "Okay, uh, Ahmed and Nadir, you guys wanna get more separation in that move. Guys? You can let go now. Hey!" Brokeback Jihad.

The guy on the bottom could be filming an ad for hemhorroidal medication. Ring of fire, and all that.

Someone needs to photoshop the late Desmond Llewelyn and an Aston Martin into one of these pictures...

God, if Israel ever decides to use flaming hoops rather than a wall, it'll be in serious trouble.

Why would you crawl down a wall headfirst?

Yes, it may be easier to shoot at anyone who happened to be below you, but it would also take you waaay too long to get down the wall after you'd alerted the enemy to your position by shooting at them.

Picture #3: Cue up Johnny Cash...

I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire.

Woof!

I wonder if Cirque du Soliel is hiring ...

www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/wcmd.htm

One WCMD and their hoop training goes up in smoke.

I am absolutely IN LOVE with this editorial category. So funny...pity it's not video, and only still photos. LMAO!

I think Charles comes up with the best categories..."Work Accident Watch" is another favourite.

Fire ringed hoops, eh?

That lower photo is what my clients make me do just about every single day.

allah's flaming hole of martyrdom.

Palestinian K-9 unit.

What's with the yellow and black motiff?

Is it a tribute to bumble bees or something clever like that?

If they sold a DVD of this crap, they'd more than make up for the lost Western charity funds.

Is this a Fatah or HAMAS camp? Just wondering.

#23

Australian repel isn't slow at all...

It's the special-ops prefered insertion method, into a hot target.

101st Air Assault teaches this technique along with the FRIES insertion method and others.

Incredibly Strange Palestinian Spy Satelite

#31

What's with the yellow and black motiff?

Is it a tribute to bumble bees or something clever like that?

Sadly, I think they're supposed to represent Israeli checkpoints...

So much for 'preventive security'.

#23 lurking faith

Its an Australian Rappel, as someone mentioned earlier. The crawl position is just one variant. The one used most of the time allows the person to basically run down the side of the drop, then run straight off the line, allowing one to get off the line more quickly.

Palestinian cat training.

#17 Silhouette 4/25/2006 08:35AM PDT
Palestinian Preventive Security Forces?

Forces to prevent security?

That was my reaction. And, they appear to be doing a good job, as far as preventing security goes.

How fucking gay is that?

One wonders where the actual "security" training comes in. Like, how to detect hidden weapons and explosives? How to identify a splodeydope?

Well, I suppose that last part is more like a family reunion question than a security question for the Palis.

The Palestinian Security forces pretend for a living, so I see no alarm in viewing their circus training.

Is the fire really necessary though to jump through a hoop?

When do they do the suicide bomb training?

As for the rings of fire, they need a taste of where they're going. But there, it is all fire (and I don't mean hot virgins).

I remember seeing "guys jumping through hoop 'o fire" on some terrorist training videos too. I thought it was wacky then too. How often does one need to jump through hoops in a combat situation? Wouldn't combat gear trip one up?

I could buy the idea of "gymnastics training" for general fitness, but why have the hoop on fire?

The flaming hoop jumper gets about an 8.5, not much difficulty but fair form. The targets dangling from their feet are going to get a good score for risk and may get bonus points if they let go with both hands to reload. I wonder if the "foreign insurgents" used this stunt in the battle for Falluja? It looks like it would be a handy trick, if you had an obtuse downstairs neighbor who was unresponsive to requests to turn down rap music on his stereo.

What's to prevent? Bad circus acts?

Not to be too pedantic, but yoko-tomoe nage is not really that useful.

Puts you on your back, and if the opponent is aware, he falls ON you.

Funny, looks just like a terrorist training camp. But one with really nice buildings and stuff.

Do they know we're laughing at them? You know how violent a humiliated Pali can be.

That hoop jumping is the most useful part of their training.. as they enter hell by jumping up Demon Allah's ass hole.

It's Jihad Olympics time already?
Oh.. the burning tire leap is my favorite event... The Belgian judge gives a 9.5!
The French judge sneers and says they leap through burning tires much better in Paris. He enters a dissapointing 4.0.
The Jumper,
Achmed Al Beheadya, gets the Bronze Scimitar and the Yasir Arafat Honorary Red Binder Award for placing third, behind Mohammed El Segundo and Ibn Farookinoff. Al Beheadya immediately called for rioting in France and the murder of Jewish and American civilians worldwide.

What's to train for?
Put on the belt, push the button.

It's a little grim, but let's name a Palestinian "military operation" that was more complex. No need to run, jump, get hit, get burnt - just go back to the "refugee camp" and watch some more Al Jazeera.

Yeah, I hate to break it to you, but the flaming hoop is the only weird thing there.

I've done the upside down descent in industrial technical rescue class (well, for fun), and martial arts is pretty useful for police sorts.

Samita, Kragar -

Ok, I guess it just looks slow. (Now I'm wondering about rope burn - ouch!)

I do know about the running down version - Mr. faith mentions it every time the Amazing Race contestants have to rappel.

/fast rope off a helicopter? Are you nuts?
//acrophobe meets Air Assault

Well, shuh, who wouldn't want the opportunity to jump through giant flaming hoops?

/can't be any worse than the hoops I jump through at work every day...

The instructor in the bottom picture, isn't that the guy from that sprint commercial with the push-it song?

Correction:

Nextel

The yellow and black thing looks like a stack of giant fiberglas-insulated tiles for a dropped ceiling, with black painted on them.

The fire is there to make 'em look fierce /tyra banks

I hope they have aflac

Where's Siegfried and Roy?

Abdul Wallenda walking the tight rope over Mecca!

[Link: www.wallenda.com...]

The things you see when you don't have an FAE.

/hey, that rhymes

Jack Bauer laughs at the puny Palestinians.

Jack Bauer eats rings of fire for breakfast - that's why you never see him eat.

And Jack Bauer doesn't need a rope to get down the side of the building. The ground moves up for him.

Jumping through hoops? That's what circus animals are for. Though the fire might come in handy when trying to figure out who the mole is.

Jack Bauer doesn't use judo to kill his opponents. He dials it in with his Treo. However, if you're unfortunate enough to be engaged in hand to hand combat and Jack feels like killing you - Jack will make you feel no pain using one point palm-exploding heart technique. Some Shaolin monk was finally able to figure out how to do it in 5. Jack knew he was a slow learner.

#61 formercorpsman

Allahu Aflaaac!

65 lawhawk

My stupid land line has been down for a week and a half. I've had repeated problems with it. Verizon fixes one problem, and another pops up.

I do not have a cel phone. Last night, every time a cel phone rang on 24 (in other words, every other minute), I cringed.

This afternoon, I'm going to go get a damn cel phone.

Grrr.

#66

Ok there asking me what I am laughing at in my office.

Gilbert with a turbin.

Music to accompany this thread.

Forgot to give credit for the music. Sorry, Jack.

Jack's "MIDI Music"
Classical, Opera, Orchestra, Symphony
&
Acoustic And Classical Guitar

(Warning - music may start automatically)

Yeah, thats tough train'in alrighty, but the final test of Pali manhood is the toughest! You must be able to switch hands while masterbating without losing a stroke or the cadence, all while chewing gum...kinda like a relay race with itty bitty batons.

It's good that they got all that training done before the budget cuts. No more cash for ropes and flaming whoolah hoops!

Palestinian McDonald's Playland

Leet-deet deedle-deedle leet deet dee.

o_O

What, no monkeybars?

Islamic Jihad Summer Camp...$200
Matching "Camando Style" jump suites...$65
10 Gallons of "DOT Yellow" paint ...$25

Taking a 5 day break from beating your wife and kids...Priceless!

They rappel down head first so iffin they fall they won't land on anything vital.

Islamic Jihad Summer Camp...$200
Matching "Commando Style" jump suites...$65
10 Gallons of "DOT Yellow" paint ...$25

one more...

8"x10" Keepsake "Martyr" photo ...$45

Taking a 5 day break from beating your wife and kids...Priceless!

I'm playing the Fucik song (Thunder and Blazes, link above) in the background. It's helping to get Ich Will out of my head. Somewhat.

/oops - it's back in my head again. (Warning - music vid link)

#67 cattt:

Jack Bauer would be able to solve the problem rather hastily - he is quite busy after all. He'd go down to the cable company and politely inform the cable guy that if service is not restored poste haste, someone will be coming to collect his remains from the floor, ceiling, and the room down the hall in the next building.

Service would be restored to proper working condition within 30 seconds of the first utterance. Bauer would not have to do anything else. After all, when Bauer says something - he's right. Period.

You can't argue with Bauer, even if you're the Sec.Def because you'd be wrong.

#48 CheeznCrackers:

Not to be too pedantic, but yoko-tomoe nage is not really that useful.

I also blame her for breaking up The Beatles, quite frankly.

I don't know about anyone else, but I just keep looking at the last photo with the instructor in a stance. The whole image just makes me keep laughing.

This course would have been a great addition to the beer garden at French Creek down in LeJeune.

So many drunken dares.

#77 Maddog

They rappel down head first so iffin they fall they won't land on anything vital

It's also a good way to shake all the Camel Ticks and sand fleas off from their hot nite with Molly the Goat.

Next they dunk them in the raw sewage tanks and have them bob for Brown Trout.

Only an 8.75? I kill you, judges! I kill you all! Allahu Ackbar!

All entirely usual, although the flaming hoops do look a bit odd. You may have to jump through a flaming window or door, this is just a confidence builder.

Maybe these baskets cases of humanity are trying to impress their European donors with their own Cirque Du Soleil

#78 dvaprez

Taking a 5 day break from beating your wives and kids...Priceless!

Man, I can't get the Johnny Cash song out of my head with that third photo:

"I fell into a burning Ring of Fire..."

#83 Widow'smight
Actually, this looks like the Pali rendition of a redneck picnic, how do you say "Hey, Y'all, watch this" in Arabic?

#53 Canadastani
What's to train for?
Put on the belt, push the button.
Excellent point. However, this lets the people who are not quite so inbred mentally deficient feel "useful" and "part of something" and get used to following directions.

It's a little grim, but let's name a Palestinian "military operation" that was more complex.
any meeting of Parliment? Visiting Mom in the Hospital? Birthday / wedding / any other opertunity to run around firing guns in the air?

# 1Good form on the hoop-jumper... Where's the pool of hungry laser-equipped sharks for him to jump into, though?

There were none available. Angry mutant sea bass were used instead

I hear that Benny Hill music playing in the background.

When it comes to these guys, I always liked this cartoon.

I just can't look at these pictures and not think of the SPECTRE training camp in From Russia With Love.

That’s fantastic can they bounce balls on their noses?

Someone should make a thing of the IDF training in response. Two of the pictures would be of real IDF training and the third would be someone in an IDF uniform trying to keep six plates spinning on poles while a sargent watches looking WAY too serious.

Y'know ...to show that they are working on their own act in case the PA challenges them to a Talent Show or something...

Or maybe an IDF guy holding Marracas while the sargeant plays a guitar?

#70 Cattt

ROTFLMAO!

I always love the hoop of fire! They're like circus animals.

An epiphany! The Palis do the terrorism thing so they don't hold the top position as the silliest, stupidist, most irrelevant, and pointless laughing stock of the entire world(next to the French of course)!

#89 Maddog44

Actually, this looks like the Pali rendition of a redneck picnic, how do you say "Hey, Y'all, watch this" in Arabic?

I don't know, only know Pig-Latin, PA dutch-like mutterings and such. Considering the many spellings for words, I guess you just make something up, as long as it ends in Aloha Hacksaw.

They're missing the Pickmeup trucks, dogs and kegs though.

Woohoo

I love the fire jumpers.

#70 Cattt

Love the music. I can just picture a little Renault pulling up and, as the music plays, about 30 Palestinian security guys come piling out, firing their AK47s in the air. That would be better than the flaming hoops.

#80 lawhawk

I have a damn cel phone! Just got back from Target with a tiny Virgin Mobil. I have joined the 21st century! Woo hoo!

Jack Bauer, I can now cover your back, phonewise.

81 Occasional Reader 4/25/2006 09:59AM PDT I also blame her for breaking up The Beatles, quite frankly.

LOL!

I should have known! Tough crowd.

I am sure after doing all of their little training routines they think they are the baddest asses in the world.

Dope on a rope

How did they find out? Dang it.. just when Israel was about to set up the new 'rings of fire' anti-terrorist barriers! Flawless intel at work, for sure.

Great.. NOW they are going to have to make SQUARES of fire to throw them off..

ok, that was secret.. so don't pass it on, ok?

and JUST so you KNOW...

The guys in the middle picture? Actually they are practicing for the coming Summer Olympics NEW event, Couples Sand Brake Dancing!

Oh, they are going to be SO ready!

Vortec 4/25/2006 08:33AM PDT
Cirque Du Soleil, Gaza-style

No... no...

Cirque Du Palei

Walter in Golden, Co.

104-Cattt- I 've been using one for 2 yrs. It is really easyto add more mins and the whole thing has been ok.
Also my town charges 11% utility tax. That is on cell phone bills too. But the Vmobile has no bill. HAHAHAHA

this Pal sec force photos would be more funny if they weren't so dangerous. Not a psycheologist but might not these antics indicate some serions mental probs? They have to be so macho to overcompensate for the cowardly treatment of women and kids and worse.
total ick!

Hut..Hut...Hut..Hut...Hut...Hut..Hut...

/ala Blues Brothers SWAT team

Palestinians dangling at the end of a rope...now there's a thought...

They look like they are training for the local AKC agility competition...

Good boy.

Not.

Islamo Suction Cups by Wham-O! Comes complete with your own paleo-man brokeback action figure! Battery operated flaming hoops of dangerous islamic infidel hating fire sold separately.

These losers acctually make the A-Team look badass.

One of these f*cktards is going to burn his coochie.

Why do they let http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www. masada2000.org/Retard4.gif&imgrefurl=http://ww w.masada2000.org/10-Reasons.html&h=200&w=2 80&sz=7&tbnid=Hg0pMURBkVfhKM:&tbnh=77& amp;tbnw=109&hl=en&start=1&prev=/image s%3Fq%3Dpalestinian%2Bretard%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3De n%26lr%3D pose for military maneuver photos?

There has to be a room in Las Vegas for these guys, if they can also put on tutus.

What numbskulls.

Any day I await the Pali version of Mr. "T" - goatmilk in the beard and all...

The Suicidal Carnes™

To paraphrase the late Mayor Daley:

The Balestinian Preventive Security forces aren't there to create security, they're there to prevent security!

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