Militant Munchies
Forget MREs. Terrorists in the Caucasus reportedly keep their tummies full during the winter by downing Snickers bars.
Acccording to a post on RFE/RL’s Transmissions blog, Wahhabbi militants snowed under in the Chechen region get their nutrition from that peanut, caramel and chocolate concoction that has kept American schoolkids bouncing off of rec room walls for decades.
[...]A few tens of militants may hide in Chechen gorges. Now when mountain passes are covered with snow and delivery of food from abroad is impossible, bandits eat snickers bars.
(Are Snickers halal? This person says yes. This site says no. This site says…well I’m not sure.)
But there’s a down side to succumbing to the scent of Snickers. According to the post, folks seen purchasing five bars or more are under “special control” by authorities.
Whether that’s security control or weight control, I’m not sure.
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