A couple of Al Qaeda/Taliban operatives assassinated Ahmad Shah Massoud.
the then leader of the Northern Alliance, on Sept 9, 2001, they were
disguised as television journalists, according to eye witnesses their
camera had the weapon inside it.
Cotty wrote:
On 27/10/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed:
Back like 30 or more years ago, in the Communist Czechoslovakian
republic, there was a big meeting of the Party brass with journalists
coming to it, including few foreign. And in walked a cameraman with
a Steadycam and began "shooting" (for those who don't know, in
steadycam you might look like a robocop or terminator holding some
rambo-style cannon <g>). Guess what happened - guards sounded alarm,
the brass ducked under their table, the police jumped at the brass to
bodily protect them and others jumped at the poor cameraman pinning
him to the floor... I am sure the communists officials wetted
themselves when they saw the guy with the big something aiming at
them, "horror it's the latest Wes-Pac weapon here" ;-)
Classic.
Actually I'm surprised nobody has ever actually assassinated a political
figure using a video camera as the weapon. Hollowed out, it could provide
plenty of cavity space for high explosives or projectile weaponry. Access
is excellent, and they even stand the target in front of the thing for you.
One day it will happen, and then all stills and TV cameras will be
forever suspect and subjected to stringent tests. Mark my words.
Cheers,
Cotty
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