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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

Just found an interesting article on the BBC website about how Iraqi citizens are using Google Earth and their mobile phones to avoid the death squads and sectarian violence currently plaguing the country.

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Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad.
As the communal bloodshed has worsened, some Iraqis have set up advice websites to help others avoid the death squads.

One tip - on the Iraq League site, one of the best known - is for people to draw up maps of their local area using Google Earth's detailed imagery of Baghdad so they can work out escape routes and routes to block.

It's another example of the central role technology plays in the conflict - with the widespread use of mobile phones, satellite television as well as the internet - by all sides and for many purposes.

For some time now, vigilante-style guard forces have been operating in many neighbourhoods, especially in Sunni areas targeted by Shia militias.

Many Sunnis see the Shia-dominated police forces as just as much of a threat, because of evidence of their involvement in kidnappings.

So part of the job of the local guards is keeping them out.

With Google Earth, the Iraq League website suggests, people can also work out the most likely approach of their attackers.

It's thought that insurgents have also used the map site, examining the detailed images to pick out potential targets.

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Posted: 2007-02-13 20:08:05
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djtwistter Posts: > 500

who care about them anyway
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Posted: 2007-02-14 00:48:03
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*Jojo* Posts: > 500

I think it's about TIME for

to SPONSOR the Americans, equip them with: P990 and the OLD Ericsson: R-series Satellite Phone . . . .
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Posted: 2007-02-14 01:01:27
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djtwistter Posts: > 500

jojo i can imagine that lol
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Posted: 2007-02-14 01:05:24
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arien617 Posts: > 500

Bush is a twat...

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Posted: 2007-02-14 22:06:00
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