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by IncreasePosts 315 days ago
I've always thought we're actually very lucky that terrorists tend to be idiots.
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I'm reminded of the story of the bombing attempt that failed because two cells miscommunicated on timezone.

The bomb was handed off across a political boundary and detonated at some arbitrary point on the way to its target, an hour earlier than expected.

(And then there was the one in France, where a cellphone-triggered bomb detonated prematurely and eliminated its builders because the mobile carrier they were using sent a "HAPPY NEW YEAR" SMS to every customer).