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I've always thought we're actually very lucky that terrorists tend to be idiots.


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).




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