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Scorpions was an Iraqi paramilitary force set up by the United States Central Intelligence Agency prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. History The covert members were trained in Jordan in target identification, explosives and small arms at two secret bases. Weapons and equipment (including old Soviet Hind helicopters) were supplied by the CIA. Most members were recruited from the Iraqi exile community by Iraqi Kurds. The original mission of the Scorpions was to foment rebellion in Iraq prior to the US led invasion. However, due to training delays, little of this mission was ever achieved. Following the war, the CIA began using the Scorpions in anti-insurgency roles, and for interrogations of prisoners. The Scorpions have been implicated in the events that led to the death of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush while in US captivity. These events included the use of physical and psychological torture under the auspices of a CIA operative and Special Forces retiree identified only as "Brian".

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“Farming insects creates just 1 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by farming an equivalent mass of beef or pork.”
— PLOS.org An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption Dennis G. A. B. Oonincx, Joost van Itterbeeck, Marcel J. W. Heetkamp, Henry van den Brand, Joop J. A. van Loon, Arnold van Huis Published: December 29, 2010http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014445
“Al Azif [...] that nocturnal sound (made by insects) suppos’d to be the howling of daemons.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, The History of the Necronomicon (1927).
“Siquidem et per naturam pleraque mutationem recipiunt, et corrupta in diversas species transformantur; sicut de vitulorum carnibus putridis apes, sicut de equis scarabei, de mulis locustae, de cancris scorpiones.”
— Many creatures go through a natural change and by decay pass into different forms, as bees [are formed] by the decaying flesh of calves, as beetles from horses, locusts from mules, scorpions from crabs.
“To a first approximation, all multicellular species on earth are insects.”
— N. E. Stork 2007. Biodiversity: world of Insects. Nature 448, 657-658 (9 August 2007)
“Empowering rural women can significantly increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger and malnutrition.”
— 2013 UN report as quoted in How Eating Insects Empowers Women
“Happy the Cicadas live, since they all have voiceless wives.”
— Xenarchus (Grecian poet), quoted in Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1876).

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Scorpions: German rock band · Serbian paramilitary organization (1991-1999) · novel by Walter Dean Myers · football club

Notable quotes

“Farming insects creates just 1 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by farming an equivalent mass of beef or pork.”
— PLOS.org An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption Dennis G. A. B. Oonincx, Joost van Itterbeeck, Marcel J. W. Heetkamp, Henry van den Brand, Joop J. A. van Loon, Arnold van Huis Published: December 29, 2010http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014445
“Al Azif [...] that nocturnal sound (made by insects) suppos’d to be the howling of daemons.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, The History of the Necronomicon (1927).
“Siquidem et per naturam pleraque mutationem recipiunt, et corrupta in diversas species transformantur; sicut de vitulorum carnibus putridis apes, sicut de equis scarabei, de mulis locustae, de cancris scorpiones.”
— Many creatures go through a natural change and by decay pass into different forms, as bees [are formed] by the decaying flesh of calves, as beetles from horses, locusts from mules, scorpions from crabs.
“To a first approximation, all multicellular species on earth are insects.”
— N. E. Stork 2007. Biodiversity: world of Insects. Nature 448, 657-658 (9 August 2007)
“Empowering rural women can significantly increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger and malnutrition.”
— 2013 UN report as quoted in How Eating Insects Empowers Women
“Happy the Cicadas live, since they all have voiceless wives.”
— Xenarchus (Grecian poet), quoted in Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1876).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Scorpions was an Iraqi paramilitary force set up by the United States Central Intelligence Agency prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Overview

Scorpions was an Iraqi paramilitary force set up by the United States Central Intelligence Agency prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. History The covert members were trained in Jordan in target identification, explosives and small arms at two secret bases. Weapons and equipment (including old Soviet Hind helicopters) were supplied by the CIA. Most members were recruited from the Iraqi exile community by Iraqi Kurds. The original mission of the Scorpions was to foment rebellion in Iraq prior to the US led invasion. However, due to training delays, little of this mission was ever achieved. Following the war, the CIA began using the Scorpions in anti-insurgency roles, and for interrogations of prisoners. The Scorpions have been implicated in the events that led to the death of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush while in US captivity. These events included the use of physical and psychological torture under the auspices of a CIA operative and Special Forces retiree identified only as "Brian".

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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