Automated Text Message Detonated a Suicide Bomber
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Thank your lucky stars for those dumb text messages sent out by wireless companies, because one of them accidentally detonated a suicide bomber in Russia. With the country still reeling after the deadly attacks on the Domodedovo airport, a female suicide bomber was preparing to enter Red Square with explosives strapped to her body, but before she even made it out the door, her phone received a text message from her service provider wishing her a happy new year. Unfortunately for her, but fortunately for Moscovites, the phone had been wired up as the detonator for her bomb.
Using cellphones as detonators is a fairly widespread practice. Many IEDs in Afghanistan are detonated in this manner, but it affords the handlers of suicide bombers added insurance against “cold feet.” The Leader-Post also suggests that in addition to preventing the bomber from backing out, detonating remotely gives terrorists the added advantage of having a handler at a distance judge when the most amount of damage could be inflicted by a blast.
As viciously ironic, sad, and scary as this story is, one wonders if Russia may have stumbled upon a new deterrent against these insidious remote bombs.
http://www.geekosystem.com/text-message-bomb/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8284279/Black-Widow-atte...
Using cellphones as detonators is a fairly widespread practice. Many IEDs in Afghanistan are detonated in this manner, but it affords the handlers of suicide bombers added insurance against “cold feet.” The Leader-Post also suggests that in addition to preventing the bomber from backing out, detonating remotely gives terrorists the added advantage of having a handler at a distance judge when the most amount of damage could be inflicted by a blast.
As viciously ironic, sad, and scary as this story is, one wonders if Russia may have stumbled upon a new deterrent against these insidious remote bombs.
http://www.geekosystem.com/text-message-bomb/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8284279/Black-Widow-atte...
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Divide_Conquer
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Drug them , tie bombs to them , and push outta the van , then sms/detonate when clear
normal procedure for paid anarchists
they use the slogan : the end justifies the means
In the end they will cry like the rest of us - 1 year ago
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