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This was in 2013 so before the current policy of downplaying any terror angle during events, and during "the war on terror" generally. Hardening national infras
by thinkingemote 6y ago
This was in 2013 so before the current policy of downplaying any terror angle during events, and during "the war on terror" generally. Hardening national infrastructure was more of a politically relevant story back then.
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the wiki page says it's "sophisticated" but it was literally firing bullets through a fence. Together it seems as if it was labelled a sophisticated terror incident as part of the War on Terror and because as mentioned in these comments, it shook up the USAs own spooks.
- ashtonkem 6y agoPurposefully cutting monitoring cables and pre-scouting firing positions outside of CCTV field of view is exactly what made this sophisticated. That and managing to not get caught despite firing a rifle in a built up area in the middle of the night.
- alasdair_ 6y agoKnowing the key things to shoot to maximize disruption and damage, the signaling, the fact that the cctv positions seem to have been scouted and dead zones found, the fact that no fingerprints were on any casings, a substantial hunt being unable to find those responsible, the pre-cut communications links, the coordinated tactics of the group etc. are all signs of sophistication.