Fear or What?
25 October 2007 - 14 חשון 5768 by Huw
The Guardian reports that Google Earth is being used by al-Aqsa to target Israel:
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group aligned with the Fatah political party, say they use the popular internet mapping tool to help determine their targets for rocket strikes.
“We obtain the details from Google Earth and check them against our maps of the city centre and sensitive areas,” Khaled Jaabari, the group’s commander in Gaza who is known as Abu Walid, told the Guardian.
Now, pro-fear, pro-Israel stuff is not normally what I expect from a “centre-left” publication. So when I read news I don’t expect, I tend to believe it more.
But point of fact, Google Earth doesn’t have very clear images of Jerusalem. Neither does Google Maps. Of course both are useless for current, “live” targets. Might just as well use a road map - or other any other online aerial photographs. But this would certainly sell papers.
So is this news? Or fear?
