Skunk water.

inzhener_otmetka · September 12, 2015, 5:01am

It is a truly putrid stench.
Palestinians who have been sprayed
describe it as “worse than raw
sewage” and “like a mixture of
excrement, noxious gas and a
decomposing donkey”.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34227609

Jazzman · September 12, 2015, 5:07am

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gashwin · September 12, 2015, 5:18am

Our homeland is good. lets all do what we can to make it the best…

inzhener_otmetka · September 12, 2015, 5:23am

@Jazzman, nunua simu nzuri uache aibu ndogo ndogo. But here is the long read.
*from BBC.
Police departments in the United
States are reported to have bought a foul-smelling liquid developed in Israel to repel protesters. What is “skunk” and how is it used, asks Yolande Knell.
It is a truly putrid stench.
Palestinians who have been sprayed describe it as “worse than raw sewage” and “like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey”.
Invented by Israeli firm Odortec,
skunk water was first used by the
Israeli military against demonstrators in the occupied West Bank in 2008.
Since then armoured vehicles
equipped with water cannon spraying jets of the stinky liquid have become a regular sight.
Although it may induce a gagging
reflex, the company says skunk is
made “100% food-grade ingredients” and is “100% eco-friendly - harmless to both nature and people”.
The secret recipe includes yeast,
baking powder and water, which
sounds innocent enough. But the
scent can linger on skin and in the
environment for days, sometimes
longer.
“Once I was trapped against a wall and covered head to toe in skunk,” a Palestinian photographer says.
“Afterwards my car stank and my wife made me undress outside the house.
One of my cameras was destroyed and the rest of my kit still smells.”
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that skunk is “an effective, non-lethal, riot dispersal means” that can reduce the risk of casualties. The police, too, describe it as a “humane” option.
Tear gas and rubber bullets are
regularly used against angry crowds, and sometimes even live ammunition.
“The police deal with an important
ethical question: is there a need to
hurt a fiery crowd in order to
disperse it?” says spokeswoman,
Luba Samri.
“By choosing to use this tool, the
answer is clear and the ethical
problem is solved as there’s no need to hurt the protesters even if they act violently.”
Israeli security forces have been
accused of misusing the stinking
liquid.
Last year police sprayed large
quantities of it in East Jerusalem
neighbourhoods, at a time of
widespread unrest.
The Association for Civil Rights in
Israel complained that this was
“disproportionate”, affecting the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians.
It documented cases where homes, shops and schools were hit with the foul liquid long after rioters had left the area.
In the West Bank village of Kafr
Qaddum, skunk has been used to
break up weekly rallies against
Israel’s closure of a nearby road. The protest organiser claims his home has also been singled out.
“Several times they purposefully
targeted my house,” says Murad
Ishtewe. “Once the high pressure of the jet broke the window so the water came inside. All my furniture was ruined.”
The IDF said it was not aware of
such an incident.
“For us it’s a complex picture,” says Sarit Michaeli of the Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem.
“The authorities ought to find non- lethal ways of maintaining law and order. The problem is the way Skunk is used. Very often it is a form of collective punishment for a whole area.”
Many Palestinians view the offensive smell as a humiliation, as skunk is used almost exclusively against them. Exceptions are rare. One came
in April this year, when it was
sprayed (possibly diluted) at
Ethiopian-Israelis protesting against what they saw as racially motivated police violence.
The American firm, Mistral Security, which supplies skunk in the US, recommends it for use at “border crossings, correctional facilities, demonstrations and sit-ins”.
It offers canister rounds and
grenades as well as a special soap to counter the effects.
Several US police departments,
including the St Louis Metropolitan
Police, are reported to have bought it.
But some American commentators have warned that the use of a faecal- smelling substance in recent US riots
would only have intensified anger
against the police, and deepened
racial and social divisions.
If officers are accidentally sprayed with their own skunk, they can neutralise the smell with the special soap.
Members of the public do not have this option. However, one
photographer says tomato ketchup serves as an antidote. If you rub a surface that has been exposed to skunk with ketchup, and then wash it off, the smell will apparently become fainter.

gashwin · September 12, 2015, 5:27am

@inzhener otmetka i din’t know you speak swahili. only russian, or bulgarian perhaps…

Jazzman · September 12, 2015, 7:48am

@Jazzman, nunua simu nzuri uache aibu ndogo ndogo. But here is the long read.
*from BBC.
Police departments in the United
States are reported to have bought a foul-smelling liquid developed in Israel to repel protesters. What is “skunk” and how is it used, asks Yolande Knell.
It is a truly putrid stench.
Palestinians who have been sprayed describe it as “worse than raw sewage” and “like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey”.
Invented by Israeli firm Odortec,
skunk water was first used by the
Israeli military against demonstrators in the occupied West Bank in 2008.
Since then armoured vehicles
equipped with water cannon spraying jets of the stinky liquid have become a regular sight.
Although it may induce a gagging
reflex, the company says skunk is
made “100% food-grade ingredients” and is “100% eco-friendly - harmless to both nature and people”.
The secret recipe includes yeast,
baking powder and water, which
sounds innocent enough. But the
scent can linger on skin and in the
environment for days, sometimes
longer.
“Once I was trapped against a wall and covered head to toe in skunk,” a Palestinian photographer says.
“Afterwards my car stank and my wife made me undress outside the house.
One of my cameras was destroyed and the rest of my kit still smells.”
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that skunk is “an effective, non-lethal, riot dispersal means” that can reduce the risk of casualties. The police, too, describe it as a “humane” option.
Tear gas and rubber bullets are
regularly used against angry crowds, and sometimes even live ammunition.
“The police deal with an important
ethical question: is there a need to
hurt a fiery crowd in order to
disperse it?” says spokeswoman,
Luba Samri.
“By choosing to use this tool, the
answer is clear and the ethical
problem is solved as there’s no need to hurt the protesters even if they act violently.”
Israeli security forces have been
accused of misusing the stinking
liquid.
Last year police sprayed large
quantities of it in East Jerusalem
neighbourhoods, at a time of
widespread unrest.
The Association for Civil Rights in
Israel complained that this was
“disproportionate”, affecting the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians.
It documented cases where homes, shops and schools were hit with the foul liquid long after rioters had left the area.
In the West Bank village of Kafr
Qaddum, skunk has been used to
break up weekly rallies against
Israel’s closure of a nearby road. The protest organiser claims his home has also been singled out.
“Several times they purposefully
targeted my house,” says Murad
Ishtewe. “Once the high pressure of the jet broke the window so the water came inside. All my furniture was ruined.”
The IDF said it was not aware of
such an incident.
“For us it’s a complex picture,” says Sarit Michaeli of the Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem.
“The authorities ought to find non- lethal ways of maintaining law and order. The problem is the way Skunk is used. Very often it is a form of collective punishment for a whole area.”
Many Palestinians view the offensive smell as a humiliation, as skunk is used almost exclusively against them. Exceptions are rare. One came
in April this year, when it was
sprayed (possibly diluted) at
Ethiopian-Israelis protesting against what they saw as racially motivated police violence.
The American firm, Mistral Security, which supplies skunk in the US, recommends it for use at “border crossings, correctional facilities, demonstrations and sit-ins”.
It offers canister rounds and
grenades as well as a special soap to counter the effects.
Several US police departments,
including the St Louis Metropolitan
Police, are reported to have bought it.
But some American commentators have warned that the use of a faecal- smelling substance in recent US riots
would only have intensified anger
against the police, and deepened
racial and social divisions.
If officers are accidentally sprayed with their own skunk, they can neutralise the smell with the special soap.
Members of the public do not have this option. However, one
photographer says tomato ketchup serves as an antidote. If you rub a surface that has been exposed to skunk with ketchup, and then wash it off, the smell will apparently become fainter.

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Wakanyama · September 12, 2015, 7:50am

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inzhener_otmetka · September 12, 2015, 8:44am

In case you’re interested in learning Russian I can arrange for
some tutorials.

gashwin · September 12, 2015, 8:48am

thanks. there was a time i was very interested when i dreamt of riding the trains from Vladivostok to Moscow…am too old now to put it to any use…spasibo…

inzhener_otmetka · September 12, 2015, 9:03am

Rathimwo!