Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it. The international hacker community is preparing to strike against U.S. infrastructure and calls for public awareness against incoming fascism

    • @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      344 months ago

      Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been caught spying on the US (or US citizens) from what I know

    • Guy Ingonito
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      144 months ago

      Next time a blonde haired blue eyed British man named Lawrence comes asking you to rebel against the Ottomans you’ll think twice, huh

    • @Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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      64 months ago

      The Saudis did not give the Jared billions for nothing. Just remember, the Saudis and Israelis told Bush to invade Iraq and next up is Iran with Putin’s Sock Puppet in charge. It will be a massive cluster fuck.

        • @Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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          54 months ago

          Crap, I should have typed the 1st Gulf War and Bush Sr. You are correct about the 2nd invasion, the Saudis did not want Iraq fractured and the Shite’s gaining power through Iran.

          • @PanArab@lemm.ee
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            84 months ago

            In the first Gulf War it was out of necessity. Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji

            Even today, other than wealth, Saudi Arabia is a much smaller country than Iraq with half its population -Saudi Arabia’s population figures are inflated since over 40% are foreigners-. In 1991 Iraq was much stronger, and much more self sufficient, it could have taken Saudi Arabia in days if it weren’t for the coalition forces.

            • @Venator@lemmy.nz
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              44 months ago

              -Saudi Arabia’s population figures are inflated since over 40% are foreigners-.

              That’s not inflated, they’re still part of the population…

              • @dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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                24 months ago

                Maybe they don’t count temporary residents like students and foreign worker permit holders?

                Also can they likely can’t be drafted / join their army?

                • @Venator@lemmy.nz
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                  14 months ago

                  Also can they likely can’t be drafted / join their army?

                  Yeah I guess they wouldn’t be given dog tags or a gun etc, they’d just be given a shovel or similar 😅

    • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      You say that as if Iran hasn’t been financing uprisings, Turkey isn’t openly affectionate with multiple opposing world powers, and as if Afghanistan didn’t fall into chaos literally as the USA were leaving.

    • comfy
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      14 months ago

      Iran, for one example, is a prolific cybersecurity adversary of the USA. One of the top four advesaries alongside China, North Korea and Russia. In fact, Iran is believed to be responsible for disclosing a CIA covert channel to China which led to a critical dismantling of CIA assets. I don’t know as much about other Arab states because Iran is most famous for its advanced cyber-warfare capabilities, but honestly, to avoid exploiting the USA would be very foolish.

      Obviously this goes both ways. Israel and the USA are infamous for Stuxnet, a computer virus which reportedly destroyed a fifth of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges in the early 2000s.

      • @PanArab@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        I just want to confirm that you know that Iranians are not Arabs. Linguistically they are closer to Europeans and Indians.

        • comfy
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          14 months ago

          Sorry, you are correct. I assumed the person you replied to was talking about the whole Middle East region and didn’t think twice for posting.