We’re not quite sure if these are the good guys, the bad guys or this week’s allies du jour, but the video below is a lesson in how not to take a selfie with a random mobile device picked up from a table full of guns and improvised explosive devices.

Several reported rebels were sitting together and appeared to be preparing for and celebrating a future attack when one of the men was so excited he just had to take a selfie. He grabs a cell phone of the table, positions for the perfect social media pic and takes a snap shot. A clicking noise can be heard, suggesting that the phone he used was a detonator for the IED explosion that immediately followed:

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For more real live terrorist “bloopers” check out the video below and see would-be fighters learn how to operate a tank, shoot themselves, and blow themselves up…

Article posted with permission from SHTFPlan

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