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Google Earth and "Collateral Damage"

Posted by kdawson on from the bad-with-the-good dept.

netbuzz writes "British news reports say insurgents are using Google Earth to pinpoint vulnerable targets within bases in Iraq. Could Google be doing more to prevent this? Should they be doing more? They certainly could explain more."

3 of 541 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Google News by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thomas Ricks, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq, p. 359. It happened to an Australian journalist who was kidnapped from the front steps of his hotel.

  2. Re:Two points by killjoe · · Score: 5, Informative

    "What, you mean they were peachy keen with us the FIRST time they tried to blow up the World Trade Center?"

    I hate to break it to you but they were not iraqis.

    "And when they blew up two of our embassies in Africa"

    They were not iraqis either.

    "And they hit the USS Cole with a missile named Studied Indifference?"

    Still not the iraqis. Oh and it wasn't a missile either, it was a boat.

    I know facts are kind of annoying but you should still try to place one or two in your post.

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  3. Re:Yes Let's shut down the internet by McWilde · · Score: 5, Informative

    This works great in the Netherlands. Here's our Ministry of Defense and this is the air force headquarters. If you can't see it on Google Maps, you can't bomb it. </sarcasm>

    There's more of this nonsense, but these two are close to home for me.

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