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Ex-CIA chief: Pager blasts in Lebanon are ‘terrorism’ (thehill.com)

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“I don’t think there’s any question that it’s a form of terrorism,” [Leon] Panetta said on “CBS News Sunday morning.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) condemned Israel over the pager explosions, saying the incident “unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines U.S. efforts to prevent a wider conflict.”

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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 36 points 13 hours ago

He adds:

“This is going right into the supply chain,” he added. “And when you have terror going into the supply chain, it makes people ask the question: ‘What the hell is next?’”

Which makes perfect sense.

It appears the terrorists aren't thinking ahead concerning their tampering with the supply chain and one might wonder what other dreadful developments might unfold from this.

Further, they're showing little regard to innocent people being maimed and killed. It's not surprising, but it's horrible nonetheless.

[-] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 12 hours ago

This was a thought I had when I first read about this. How will this affect other people's view of communication devices across the world? How many people will stop buying or only purchase items you can open? They've created a real fear that this could happen to me in people, which is one way it made it evident to me, then that this is terrorism.

[-] filister@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Even if you open the device, this explosive was implanted directly into the battery pack, and unless you want to tear down your battery pack or simply replace it immediately after purchasing this product it won't save you.