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Even if more went into it, it looks awefully gameable, a more extreme version of swatting.
by kaybe 11y ago
Even if more went into it, it looks awefully gameable, a more extreme version of swatting.
- cryoshon 11y agoThis is my thought as well. This incident has created the need for ISIS to have disinformation campaigns disseminated on social media by people who would be targeted by the strikes-- they can easily implement a policy in which they allow themselves to have a digital footprint in certain irrelevant areas in order to bait an attack, creating civilian casualties and bringing in new recruits.
- pjc50 11y agoThis was a serious problem in the early stages of the Afghanistan campaign, when people realised that they could settle longstanding neighbourhood disputes by denouncing their enemies to the Americans. That was partly why the US bombed a number of wedding convoys.