Some Evidence Of U.S. Cyber Attacks Done In Iraq

Telecom towers on a hilltop in Kabul (epa)/Radio Free Europe

Iraq Cyber Attack and the DigiSEALs -- Defense Tech

Reports have recently made it into the pub­lic domain that back in May of 2007 President George W. Bush autho­rized the National Security Agency (NSA) to launch a sophis­ti­cated cyber attack on the cel­lu­lar phones and com­put­ers of insur­gents in Iraq. This cyber attack cre­ated the abil­ity for U.S. forces to plant false infor­ma­tion that lead to the decep­tion of insurgents. Multiple senior level offi­cials have report­edly told media sources that this attack helped turn the tide of the war in Iraq.

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My Comment: This probably explains why the Taliban were threatening to blow up cell towers in Afghanistan last year. They probably found a link between cell usage and the killing of their Taliban commanders/soldiers. There is probably more happening here than what is publicly known.

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