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Finding an ISIS Training Camp Using Google Earth

Posted by Soulskill on from the bet-you-wished-you'd-stuck-to-word-of-mouth dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Terrorist organization ISIS has been in the news a lot lately for their hostile activities in Iraq and Syria. They've also been very active online, posting propaganda and photos on various social networking sites to try to recruit more members. Frequently, they'll have pictures of themselves in nondescript locations — but even carefully selected images give clues to a real location. Citizen journalists at Bellingcat analyzed a group of these photos, comparing buildings and bridges in the background to images from Google Earth. With very little to go on, they were able to pinpoint the location of a terrorist training camp.

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  1. I'm looking now by cyberchondriac · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I see is a big smoking crater..

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    1. Re:I'm looking now by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Insightful

      . . . the trouble is . . . the training camp is probably conveniently located right next to a hospital or a school.

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  2. Time to build a cruise missile and send it over by WindBourne · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, after that sawing off a live man's head, I have NO problem with blowing these assholes away. In fact, I would be happy to pull the trigger to launch.

    Now, the real question is, did this interfere with an on-going operation? I would hate to think that showing them how easy it is to find out info from their propaganda would stop its flow.

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