Pigeons fly away as Mumbai's celebrated Taj Mahal hotel burns on Nov. 27, 2008. (Gautam Singh/Associated Press)
From The Danger Room:
The Mumbai terrorists used an array of commercial technologies -- from Blackberries to GPS navigators to anonymous e-mail accounts -- to pull off their heinous attacks.
For years, terrorists and insurgents around the world have used off-the-shelf hardware and software to stay ahead of bigger, better-funded authorities. In 2007, former U.S. Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid complained that, with their Radio Shack stockpile of communications gear, "this enemy is better networked than we are." The strikes that killed at least 174 appears to be another example of how wired today's "global guerrillas" can be.
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My Comment: I think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It is now easy for a
From The Danger Room:
The Mumbai terrorists used an array of commercial technologies -- from Blackberries to GPS navigators to anonymous e-mail accounts -- to pull off their heinous attacks.
For years, terrorists and insurgents around the world have used off-the-shelf hardware and software to stay ahead of bigger, better-funded authorities. In 2007, former U.S. Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid complained that, with their Radio Shack stockpile of communications gear, "this enemy is better networked than we are." The strikes that killed at least 174 appears to be another example of how wired today's "global guerrillas" can be.
Read more .....
My Comment: I think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It is now easy for a
For years, terrorists and insurgents around the world have used off-the-shelf hardware and software to stay ahead of bigger, better-funded authorities. In 2007, former U.S. Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid complained that, with their Radio Shack stockpile of communications gear, "this enemy is better networked than we are." The strikes that killed at least 174 appears to be another example of how wired today's "global guerrillas" can be.
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My Comment: I think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It is now easy for a group like the Mumbai terrorists to not only plan and execute an attack .... but to also be able to (during the attack) transmit live video images to the news media and a worldwide audience. This did not happen in this attack .... but it could have.
Terrorism is 50% terror and 50% media .... new technologies now make it possible for the terrorists themselves to control the media message. I guess this is the revolutionary consequence of a wired and connected world.
Read more .....
My Comment: I think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It is now easy for a group like the Mumbai terrorists to not only plan and execute an attack .... but to also be able to (during the attack) transmit live video images to the news media and a worldwide audience. This did not happen in this attack .... but it could have.
Terrorism is 50% terror and 50% media .... new technologies now make it possible for the terrorists themselves to control the media message. I guess this is the revolutionary consequence of a wired and connected world.