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2004-03-14 Europe

HIGH-TECH BOMBS WERE DETONATED BY CELL PHONES

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Posted by The Boston Geostrategic Group 2004-03-14 12:55:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This would match with claims ETA terrorists went to Iraq to aid and abet the Saddamite dead-enders, picked up a terror technique or two, and returned to Spain committed to perpetrating mass murder.

Posted by Garrison 2004-3-14 4:03:12 AM|| 2004-3-14 4:03:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ahaahah great so it is Saddam's fault once again. Aahahaa

Posted by john 2004-3-14 4:21:03 AM|| 2004-3-14 4:21:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This would match with claims ETA terrorists went to Iraq to aid and abet the Saddamite dead-enders, picked up a terror technique or two, and returned to Spain committed to perpetrating mass murder.

Well, I don't know if you could call it a FACT, Garrison :P. But it certainly is an indicator that there's cooperation going on at some level.

Posted by Pappy 2004-3-14 12:33:12 PM|| 2004-3-14 12:33:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Excuse me while I go off on one of my pet peeves. These are not high tech bombs. Twenty years ago they would have been. Twenty years ago, you would have needed someone with at least a BSEE to design a clock circuit and an interface to program it. Then you would have had to find someone who knew how to design circuit boards (by hand, since only big guys like IBM had board design CAD tools at that point). Then you'd have to make the board. Radio Shack had kits to do that stuff back in the day, but overall it'd take months for you to build 13 bombs. A lot of people would have to get involved and there'd be a lot of opportunities for leaks. Today you could build 13 bombs in a couple of days. Any semi-literate jihadi with a basic knowledge of soldering and a drawing could build and test them. There are dozens of ready made products to act as the timer that can be bought for just a few dollars each. One terror cell could do the whole operation from start to finish with only financing and explosives coming from the outside. And that's the whole problem. Tech has become so accessible and reliable that a three-person cell can kill hundreds. Four, four-man cells can kill three thousand. Thousands of really smart people worked for years to make cell phones as sophisticated as they now are. One retard following a recipe can make it into a dangerous weapon.

Posted by 11A5S 2004-3-14 4:03:50 PM|| 2004-3-14 4:03:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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