Smirk's non-human allies in the war on terror?

Meeker Morgan

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Sat Jun-24-06 03:28 PM
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Smirk's non-human allies in the war on terror?

Maybe some way for progressives to free these "allies"?

MSNBC:

Dolphins, sea lions may join war games
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13502913

Animals to practice mine-clearing operations during Pacific exercises

HONOLULU - Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this month, teams of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea.

These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

Six bottle-nosed dolphins would find the mines, while four California sea lions would help recover them.

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Picture at the link.

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xchrom

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Sat Jun-24-06 04:39 PM
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1. i hate that shit and hate the pentagon more for coming up with this.

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vixengrl

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Sun Jun-25-06 05:32 PM
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2. It's bad enough that naval sonar is suspected

of being behind mass dolphin beaching, but the idea of sending them directly into areas we believe are mined? It's cruel.

If we're going to train them for this though, maybe we can can the sonar--as a favor to our new allies in the war against terror?

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