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Terror Networks
IS said to use homing pigeons to communicate
2016-05-08
[IsraelTimes] Jordan intercepts bird carrying messages between terror operatives as group attempts to bypass Western intel gathering

As its channels of communication are increasingly monitored by coalition forces, the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
is reportedly turning to low-tech solutions in its efforts to avoid detection.

The Telegraph reported that homing pigeons bearing messages between IS operatives were recently captured by Jordanian forces.

"The jihadists tied a letter with a phone number to the foot of the bird, which was flying to a Jordanian resident," the commander of the country’s border guard, Brig. Gen Saber al-Mahayreh, told journalists.

According to the Telegraph, Western nations are concerned over intensified IS efforts to encrypt communications through apps such as Telegram and Whatsapp, that make it harder for intelligence bodies to acquire information.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  A Homing chicken
Random walks seeking the seeds
Fearless, homeward bound




Dats all I got
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-08 23:47  

#4  We've posted a number of those here over the years, g(r)omgoru. I note your article has no mention of Iranian paranoia about American spy squirrels, among others.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-05-08 21:52  

#3  Who are you gonna call?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-08 13:44  

#2  http://www.nssf.org/shooting/sports/shotgun.cfm
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-05-08 13:11  

#1  Then maybe a convention of sparrowhawks could disrupt communications?
Posted by: Korora   2016-05-08 13:08  

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