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Chinese media scoop: The Taliban's deadly monkey soldiers

Posted By Brian Fung Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:58 AM

Wake up, Washington. The biggest challenge facing Afghanistan today
isn't corruption or political deadlock. It's an army of bloodthirsty,
Kalashnikov-toting monkeys. That's right -- according to the
ever-credible Chinese state media, who are apparently the only ones
alerting good readers to the insidious primate threat, Afghan Taliban
have been recruiting countless baboons and macacas to the insurgent
cause, turning peaceful tree-dwellers into unstoppable war machines
that won't hesitate to shoot:

    In a sense, the emergence of "monkey soldiers" is the result of
asymmetrical warfare.

    [...]

    Analysts believe that apart from using "monkey killers" to attack
the American troops, the Taliban also sought to arouse Western animal
protectionists to pressure their governments to withdraw troops from
Afghanistan.

This changes everything. Fundamentalist monkey rebels?
Mortar-launching baboons? Do primates even respond to
counterinsurgency?