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2024-02-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

14 people injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon

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Posted by badanov 2024-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
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#1 From the border Saida is halfway to Beirut. Action well north of the Litani River; Israel moving slowly but steadily toward Beirut.

Posted by Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-02-21 08:31|| 2024-02-21 08:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Hezbollah chief orders cellphone blackout amid IDF precision strikes

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-21 08:58|| 2024-02-21 08:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Fresh blast rocks Damascus hours after Israeli-linked attack

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-21 08:59|| 2024-02-21 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Hezbollah chief orders cellphone blackout amid IDF precision strikes

If you can be seen, you can be killed. This is one of the big lessons of the modern battlefield.
And since this is the 21st century, 'seen' now means not just visible light, but nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Posted by SteveS 2024-02-21 10:39|| 2024-02-21 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember when in the movie The Dark Knight using everyone's cell phones as an echo-location device was wild sci-fi.

Chances are that was already a real thing back in 2008.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-02-21 11:03|| 2024-02-21 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 It's probably worse than they can imagine. They go thru SIM cards like some people eat potato chips. There's a good chance the SIM cards themselves have little undocumented features installed that makes location just part of the deal.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-21 11:37|| 2024-02-21 11:37|| Front Page Top

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