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Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Re: Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Post by trallnag »

rozap wrote: post #202
1oooqooq wrote: post #136

I guess we now know what intelligence org had the know how for supply chain attacks we we're thinking impossible a few years ago... Thank god they are our allies. :)

Israel is not really an ally. They routinely spy on the US, and according the the CIA, spy on us as aggressively as the Chinese and Russians do. During the Cold war, they used intel as a bargaining chip and passed classified material to the Soviets. Their nuclear program was started primarily with stolen radioactive material that they exfiltrated from the US. These stories go on and on and on, and they're just the on…

Don't all agencies spy on each other? Few years the BND (Germany) collaborated with the CIA (America) to spy on other nations

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Post by hackerlight »

Arch485 wrote: post #192

I'm genuinely curious: how is this not considered terrorism on Israel's part? (or is it considered terrorism?) From a tactical standpoint, this is very similar, and the only big difference I see is that this is technologically more advanced/more complex than just planting a bomb or something. If it's not terrorism, what is the differentiating factor(s)? *side note: I'm quite sure other western countries have used tac…

You should start by outlining the definition of terrorism, but by that point it would be obvious it isn't terrorism and such a post would have been unnecessary.

Re: Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Post by InDubioProRubio »

Arch485 wrote: post #192

I'm genuinely curious: how is this not considered terrorism on Israel's part? (or is it considered terrorism?) From a tactical standpoint, this is very similar, and the only big difference I see is that this is technologically more advanced/more complex than just planting a bomb or something. If it's not terrorism, what is the differentiating factor(s)? *side note: I'm quite sure other western countries have used tac…

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Re: Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Post by synack »

minkles wrote: post #239
obnauticus wrote: post #159

Looks like an ICOM IC-V82. https://batteriesamerica.com/collections/icom-ic-v8-ic-v82-i...

Well that solves the eternal rivalry between ICOM and Yaesu.

Yaesu radio explodes when I throw it at the wall because the UI is so frustrating.

Re: Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Post by minkles »

segasaturn wrote: post #268
minkles wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering Hezbollah is a designated terrorist organisation in many countries, this probably should be considered an anti-terrorist operation. The targets are enemy combatants. Also notably, it clearly did not intentionally target civilians, although there may be civilian casualties which is uncharacteristic of a terrorist attack.

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This is a straw man argument. I designate you as a banana! There, the word banana is now meaningless.

It is quite well defined.

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Post by drawkward »

csmpltn wrote: post #236
Arch485 wrote: post #192

I'm genuinely curious: how is this not considered terrorism on Israel's part? (or is it considered terrorism?) From a tactical standpoint, this is very similar, and the only big difference I see is that this is technologically more advanced/more complex than just planting a bomb or something. If it's not terrorism, what is the differentiating factor(s)? *side note: I'm quite sure other western countries have used tac…

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The difference is that the USA is going to get dragged into a regional war it has no business being in.

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Post by kelipso »

robertlagrant wrote: post #263
kelipso wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it just looks like rhetoric, an us vs. them type deal. Call something terrorism so that you can justify using any kind of violence against them basically.

Not really. Not all violence is terrorism. Not all bad things are terrorism either. But terrorism is always bad. Ukrainians killing Russian soldiers isn't terrorism. Hezbollah trying to kill Israeli civilians is terrorism.

What would you call Russians killing Ukrainian soldiers and IDF killing Lebanese civilians then?

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

robertlagrant wrote: post #263
kelipso wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it just looks like rhetoric, an us vs. them type deal. Call something terrorism so that you can justify using any kind of violence against them basically.

Not really. Not all violence is terrorism. Not all bad things are terrorism either. But terrorism is always bad. Ukrainians killing Russian soldiers isn't terrorism. Hezbollah trying to kill Israeli civilians is terrorism.

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Re: Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say

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Post by atemerev »

econner wrote: post #262

It makes me wonder how Israel can achieve something like this while simultaneously not being aware of the Oct 7 attacks.

Preparation. Surprise attacks work… once. Then, you have to wait for a few years when the enemy side lowers their readiness again.
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