On Retirement, Israeli General Takes Credit for Stuxnet Attacks

dinscott writes "Last month, The New York Times ran a story about Stuxnet having been developed by the Americans and the Israelis as a part of a joint project, but it was based on claims by confidential sources. It now seems that the information from these sources was correct. The Haaretz — Israel's oldest daily newspaper — reports on a surprising video that was played at a party organized for General Gabi Ashkenazi's last day on the job."

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Cyber terrorisim

[grapeape]

So did he get added to the "no fly" and terrorist watch lists?

Re:Cyber terrorisim

[Draek]

Of course not, he's a Freedom Fighter (tm).

Remember, it's not terrorism if the US or its allies does it.

Everything you need to know

[slashqwerty]

From the article:

There is always the possibility that this was just a way of magnifying the General's achievements, but it is also possible it is true.

In other words, it confirms nothing.

Re:Everything you need to know

[JoshuaZ]

Yes, when I read the headline my first thought was "The Israelis can't possibly be so stupid as to do that. That's almost tantamount to admitting to an act of war. And doing it now will just make the faltering Iranian government look more like a valid object of sympathy." And then I read TFA. Yeah.

Re:Beautiful

[mr100percent]

How is Israel "keeping the Middle East nuclear-free" when it is widely regarded to have at least 100 nuclear weapons of its own? The Dimona Nuclear Complex is not exactly a secret.

Re:serious for a moment

[Compaqt]

This is a tangent, but it's funny to me how what are called the "moderate Arab states" have been the most repressive, either socio-religiously (Saudi Arabia), or politically (Jordan and the Persian Gulf states).

Sadly, a lot of different factors combined to destroy the only multi-cultural democracy in the Middle East: Lebanon.

Re:the video claims Israeli involvement

[Rakshasa Taisab]

The Haaretz — Israel's oldest daily newspaper — reports

However the Bible, the world's first and oldest printed book, fails to mention any aspect of this story, including the General's involvement.

I didn't know they had translated the bible to Chinese thousand years ago...

Re:Beautiful

[mbkennel]

"Nobody is saying "he meant it in a good way," but there's quite a difference in what he actually said and people interpreting it as a sign of genocidal intent."

It is reasonable to suppose that the interpretation of genocidal intent might be reasonable given the throngs of thousands chanting "Death To Israel" many weeks per year for for 32 years, and the support for Hezbollah which has an explicitly exterminationist policy.

If the interpretation was "we want Israel to change its policies to have a much more satisfactory resolution so that Jews and Arabs will live peaceably", that clarification could have been offered.

But as far as I am aware, the ratio of that vs "Death To Israel" is something like zero to 30,000.

Re:the video claims Israeli involvement

[Moraelin]

What part about the movable-type printing press -- albeit with more expensive ceramic letters -- being invented by the 1040 AD by Bi Sheng in China, did you fail to understand? Basically before being snarky and condescending, do make sure that you're not the one who's the ignorant idiot.