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Volume 17
October 2017 Edition
“That could be dropping small explosives the
size of a grenade.”
“It could be dispersal of toxins, potentially.”
(Learn More. Embedded with Iraqi special forces, Ben C.
Solomon was on the front lines in Mosul when a threat came
from above: An ISIS drone dropping a grenade. Courtesy of
The New York Times and YouTube. Posted on Apr 14, 2017)
Rasmussen went on to explain that counterter-
rorism agencies have ramped up efforts to bring
together intelligence professionals to help under-
stand the tactics and techniques that drone-using
terrorist groups might employ.
(Learn More. Two Kurdish fighters were killed in Mosul, Iraq
when a small ISIS-controlled drone exploded after being in-
tercepted. A Kurdish defense spokesperson told Reuters the
device has been booby-trapped. Courtesy of TomoNews US
and YouTube. Posted on Oct 13, 2016)
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