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Iran's High Tech Copycat War Against the West: Drones and Cyberwar
An anonymous reader writes "Iran and its nuclear program seem to be getting all the headlines. Yet, Iran has found a way to respond to western cyber attacks such as Stuxnet, drone surveillance and targeted assassinations; they've decided to respond in kind. Iran has launched its own cyber attacks on U.S. banks via denial-of-service attacks. Iranian drones recently were used to spy on Israeli nuclear facilities. Cyberweapons were also used against Saudi oil facilities. The goal: to make sure the west, specifically the United States, knows that Iran does have the tools to strike back. While Iran does not have a world-class military like the United States, it does have the capabilities to cause damage if it wants to. With Iran taking to cyberspace and drones, it shows such technology is not just under the control of the U.S. Iran has been careful, though, not to escalate the conflict. The risk: what if the plan backfires and goes beyond its intended scope?"
The F? You do realize Palestinian obesity for women is 3rd worldwide, and for men, 8th? They have hotels and night clubs that rival some of the more extravagant places in the middle east. They're not exactly starving like the Jews were. How dare you make such a comparison. Unlike the Palestinians, the Jews were not launching rockets at the Russians or Germans. All the Palestinians have to do is cut out their terror and the blockade of Gaza will end.
The Israelis conquered that land after the Palestinians attacked them first. Had they not done that, the land would still be theirs. They tried to kill the Jews and they lost. Boo fucking hoo. I will say that not all "Palestinians" (term invented in the 60s) are bad. About 20% of the Arab population fought with the Jews in the war for independence and stay there and are represented there today. The Arabs even have a veto in the Knesset.