Friday, December 19, 2008

How Google Earth Helped Mumbai Attackers

Mumbai Airport

From Times Of India:

MUMBAI: Google Earth is the seventh popular Internet application tool but it is being growingly misused by terror groups to have the first
glimpse of sensitive places to plot attacks without moving an inch.

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Fahim Ahmed Ansari, arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in February this year with maps and details of the spots hit during the recent terror attacks, in his statement had conceded that his masters showed him the maps on Google Earth to pin-point the specific targets.

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