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this seems like one of those things where it's just ubiquitous, so of course Terrorists would use it. like Toyota trucks [1] [1] https://medium.com/war-is-bor
by metalliqaz 6y ago
this seems like one of those things where it's just ubiquitous, so of course Terrorists would use it. like Toyota trucks [1]
[1] https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-toyota-pickup-truck-is-the-war-chariot-of-the-third-world-ea4a121e948b https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-toyota-pickup-truck-is-...
- mherdeg 6y agoDoes owning one of those trucks get you in trouble? I still miss the Wikipedia article "List of Guantanamo Bay captives accused of possessing Casio watches" (I think republished at http://wikialpha.org/wiki/List_of_Guantanamo_Bay_captives_accused_of_possessing_Casio_watches http://wikialpha.org/wiki/List_of_Guantanamo_Bay_captives_ac... ) which seemed to give evidence that watch ownership was used to classify people in detention camps.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoI think owning a toyota 'technical' mentioned in the article, will get you in trouble, yes :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)
- Rumperuu 6y agoRelated: Report on Guantánamo Detainees: A Profile of 517 Detainees Through Analysis of Department of Defense Data (2006), p 14. https://scholarship.shu.edu/shlr/vol41/iss4/2/ https://scholarship.shu.edu/shlr/vol41/iss4/2/
- kingbirdy 6y agoThat point is mentioned in the article, including the example of Toyota trucks