Iran/US conflict

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Catfish

It seems the US neglects active spying by humans, depending on general intelligence data obtained entirely digitally and by remote camera observations. Bad and insecure trend.

On this I agree, Elint AND Humint is wanted, the one cannot replace the other. However, the power of Elint should not be underestmated, due to automatization and infinte technical storage and analysis options its reach is very, very far. And Snowden illustrated that dramatically.


The Ukraineans have released their passnger list, it deviates significantly from that the Iranians claimed tio have. Iran sayid over 140 people were Iranians, only 30-40 foreigners, the Ukraineans say only 86 were Iranians, 63 from Kanada, 28 were of five other nationaities. Still, many Iranians on board. Woudl the regime kill so many of its own people for proaganda when it wants to use the attack as a carrier to deliver a message not to the Iranians but the West? I have a problem with the logic in this. As long as the message is not "See how willing we are to turn our own people into martyrs if it helps to kill some of yours." Nutty enough many people in the ME are to tick like this indeed.