UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN

Rabbis look to 'unclean' pigs to sniff out enemy, weapons

Rabbis in Israel have been asked to approve plans to train pigs to guard West Bank settlements in a bid to thwart would-be Palestinian attackers from gaining 'martyrdom', the Ma'ariv daily said.
Directors of the Gdud Haivri, an organisation which supplies guard dogs to settlements in the West Bank, believe that pigs' more developed sense of smell would enable them to sniff out militants who hide before launching attacks.
According to the Muslim faith, a terrorist martyr who had touched a pig is not eligible for the reward of 70 virgins in heaven," he said.
Rabbi Daniel Shilo, chairman of the rabbinical committee of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) said that, while the raising of pigs - banned under Jewish dietary laws - had traditionally been forbidden, the move should be approved in exceptional circumstances.