telegraph.co.uk— Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources.
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>> Terrorists 'use Google maps to hit UK troops'.That's weak.How about "Terrorists use weapons produced by $state to hit $state troops"?Or "Terrorists use oxygen to breathe"?Like, you know, "Breaking news: ..."
Before Google maps they simply went to a stationery shop and bought themselves a €5 map... it makes no difference, Google maps doesn't give any "new information" except for showing what buildings sort of look like, but thats not good enough info to plan on anything, they would have to check it out personally anyway
So why didn't the UK troops check Google and move their base around before the terrorists thought of it? (And looked at other similar services while they were at it.)
petenicelyJan 13, 2007
Sorry Google, It's hard not to do evil when you're so damn useful.
mansourJan 14, 2007
>> Terrorists 'use Google maps to hit UK troops'.That's weak.How about "Terrorists use weapons produced by $state to hit $state troops"?Or "Terrorists use oxygen to breathe"?Like, you know, "Breaking news: ..."
hitkaiserJan 14, 2007
Before Google maps they simply went to a stationery shop and bought themselves a €5 map... it makes no difference, Google maps doesn't give any "new information" except for showing what buildings sort of look like, but thats not good enough info to plan on anything, they would have to check it out personally anyway
15charmaxwtfJan 14, 2007
So why didn't the UK troops check Google and move their base around before the terrorists thought of it? (And looked at other similar services while they were at it.)
kuallaJan 14, 2007
Good: Terrorists are using google maps to fight against the troopsBad: If terrorists use google maps to bomb schools and innocent people.
kdeheadJan 14, 2007
i dont know where you are getting that 300 figure from. there's been 7,184 terrorist attacks worldwide since 9/11<a class="user" href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/">http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/</a>(scroll down to the bottom to get the list of attacks)