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"Found these in the Zaporizhzhya direction. The enemy is throwing chocolates with an explosive mechanism. Do not open them under any circumstances. Our guy was lucky that it did not detonate, otherwise he could have ended up crippled. I know guys whose fingers were torn off like that."

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[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

During the early occupation of Afghanistan after 2001. Here's a news article from 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2912617.stm

Note that that wasn't on purpose.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Wow. I guess those two teams didn't talk often, which tracks.

Happy cake day!