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Wednesday, 27 April 2011

A minor detail

The BBC does a report on the Casio F-91W wristwatch, which the Guardian claims is regarded by the Americans as a red flag for identifying Jihadists.  The Beeb chunters on about how popular the F-91W is for 18 paragraphs and it's only in the caption of a photo at the bottom of the page that one tiny fact is revealed that indicates that the American's aren't a load of barking mad paranoids:
The F-91W is used in bomb-making.
Oh, it's not only popular as a time piece, it's also a crowd pleaser as a timer for setting off IEDs.  Here's a thought: Maybe detaining a suspected Jihadist walking around with a bomb component is what we like to call rational.
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2 comments:

  1. jayessellWednesday, 27 April 2011 at 05:34:00 GMT-7

    [Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference here.]

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  2. eonWednesday, 27 April 2011 at 06:09:00 GMT-7

    I notice the photo does a fairly good job of showing how to wire it up to a charge, as well.

    Not that anyone with even a typical DIY'er's knowledge of electronics couldn't do it. (I could; and no, I'm not going to explain how it's done.)

    I keep hoping the Guardian has shed its old "Daily Worker" mindset. And I keep being disappointed.

    cheers

    eon

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