[LINK] Google Earth 'helps' bad guys in Iraq

[Jan Whitaker]

Terrorists 'use Google maps to hit UK troops'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/13/wgoogle13.xml

By Thomas Harding in Basra
Last Updated: 2:06am GMT 13/01/2007

Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage 
displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their 
attacks, say Army intelligence sources.

Documents seized during raids on the homes of insurgents last week 
uncovered print-outs from photographs taken from Google.

The satellite photographs show in detail the buildings inside the 
bases and vulnerable areas such as tented accommodation, lavatory 
blocks and where lightly armoured Land Rovers are parked.

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