Tag: anwar al-awlaki
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virus infects creech afb systems piloting attack drones overseas
An attack drone killed Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, late last month. Now, computer systems at Creech AFB, NV, which run drone missions overseas, are infected with a virus, reports Danger Room article, “Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet”. “‘We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back,’ says a source familiar with…
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al-qaida online jihadism overlooked
A Danger Room article reports Obama’s counterterrorism crew missing big picture by focusing on physical war theaters and ignoring internet.”As the United States attacks al-Qaida’s physical safe havens, the terrorist response is to congregate in online spaces, where they can’t be blown up by a Hellfire missile or shot by a SEAL.” The article does…