Re:Islamic State has shifted to Telegram from Twitter
by gaius on Sunday October 11, 2015 @04:50AM
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In the Falklands war, the BBC broadcast that the Argentine air force were setting their bomb fuses wrong and their bombs weren't exploding when they hit British ships, and also pre-announced the attack on Goose Green. They're well known for playing both sides against the middle.
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Re:Islamic State has shifted to Telegram from Twitter
by arethuza on Sunday October 11, 2015 @05:41AM
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I have read that the Goose Green incident was actually caused by a MoD official releasing something too early - they were just passing on the message.
The thing about the bomb fuses was a horrendous mistake “six better fuses and we would have lost” - particularly as there was nothing wrong with the fuses and the Argentinians could have easily fixed this by a simple adjustment.