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TotallyDude -> Spam text message blows up suicide bomber before she can complete her dastardly deed! (2/2/2011 6:10:05 AM)
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Just like it sounds. A black widow style suicide bomber in Moscow was blown up prematurely. By spam.
From the article: quote:
The unnamed woman, who is thought to be part of the same group that struck Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, intended to detonate a suicide belt near Red Square on New Year's Eve in an attack that could have killed hundreds.
Security sources believe a message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her at a safe house.
Islamist terrorists in Russia often use mobile phones as detonators. The bomber's handler, who is usually watching their charge, sends the bomber a text message in order to set off his or her explosive belt at the moment when it is thought they can inflict maximum casualties.
ETA When I first read the headline of the article, my kneejerk thought was "It would be pretty hilarious if it were just someone replying 'lol' to some dumb thing she'd said the day before." Somehow a Happy New Year spam is even better.
Edited to fix quote tag.
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