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Oh, spit, not the AF/91 virus again ...


From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:48:43 -0800

I'm sorry Robert Morris died:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/technology/30morris.html

But:

"Mr. Morris also played an important clandestine role in planning what was 
probably the nation’s first cyberwar: the electronic attacks on Saddam Hussein’s 
government in the months leading up to the Persian Gulf war of 1991.

"Although details are still classified, the attacks, along with laser-guided bombs, are 
believed to have largely destroyed Iraq’s military command and control capability 
before the war began. "

Argh ...

http://victoria.tc.ca/int-grps/books/techrev/defmth7.cvp

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