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0 pointsAvenueIngres9y ago0 comments

/pol/:/sg/ helped the Russian airforce identify rebels positions in Syria and destroy them. It is not all bullshit at all; there is a significant proportion of it that is undeniably childish garbage but there is the occasional gem as well.

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cryoshon9y ago

source? if true, this would be a troubling precedent in the use of third party analysis in conducting military operations

AvenueIngresOP9y ago

I occasionally lurk on 4chan (in particular /sg/ since they aggregate lots of data regarding the Syrian civil war) and I witnessed this one particular event first hand. Now I understand that this is not a verifiable source but I found this as well, that sums-up the whole thing: http://2static.fjcdn.com/pictures/4chan+pol+sg+orders+an+air...

I don't think you will be able to find anything better than that to "prove" it happened.

astrodust9y ago

Giving military "intel" from 4chan is absolutely insane. These were the same people that thought they'd conclusively identified the Boston Marathon bomber, but were totally wrong.

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konart9y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/4deu8r/pol_helps_coo...

Can't find a better source. But this was the second time RuAF bombed the rebles camp after third party analysis (might be a coincidence ofc). There was a different image with Russian MoD's report on the matter.

v649y ago

Not sure how much of this, if any, has been corroborated, but this [1] is a description of the events.

[1] http://www.vocativ.com/326039/how-one-4chan-board-is-trying-...

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