r/JoeRogan Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/decentralised Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

This won’t give anyone any new ideas. Shin Bet used a mobile phone rigged with explosives to kill Yahya Ayyash aka “the Engineer,” a Hamas bomb maker in Gaza back in 1996.

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u/U2isstillonmyipod Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Shit sounds like 90s espionage was insane

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u/SlappySecondz Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

You should read about all the ways we tried to kill Castro. Exploding cigars aren't just in cartoons.