The Israeli military found a USB key with instructions for the production of a “cyanide dispersion device” on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, according to two Israeli officials and a copy of a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable obtained by Axios.

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      At this point “Israel says…” is sounding an awful lot like “Russia says…”

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        Except worse, because Russia at least tries to come up with shoddy intel most of the time. Israel is just outright making shit up

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      would have been more convincing if they said photos was found in his phone.

      also they should have saidbehead people including babies

      even then beheadin take time and hamas knew it was matter of time> before isareli army respond so why waste it beheading babies and arrange them for photo?

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    Israeli intelligence traced the origin of the document to a 2003 Al-Qaeda manual, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in the cable.

    To be fair, that was the era of “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom”.

    No, I’m not making that up. That was an actual article in Al-Qaeda’s online magazine Inspire.

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        The same reason anyone takes a USB stick anywhere: to inconspicuously drop in a conspicuous place in hopes that some rube will find it, put it in their PC, and get pwnd.

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        I once saw Bear Grylls make a bomb with his own urine and a rabbit spleen, so it’s possible.

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      Its not difficult if you really want too and are curious. Here’s a good hint the sugar erythritol is a common sugar substitute.