FitBit.

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“If soldiers use the app like normal people do, by turning it on tracking when they go to do exercise, it could be especially dangerous. This particular track looks like it logs a regular jogging route. I shouldn’t be able to establish any Pattern of life info from this far away"

BUT YOU CAN!

Yet one more instance of an Internet application [an app] that can be and probably is being used to "spy" on military personnel from afar.

"Fitness App’s Map Reveals Movement Patters on Remote Military Bases"

"A global heat-map tracking GPS movement from FitBits, cellphones, and other fitness tracking devices appears to be lighting up the location patterns of soldiers working out at military bases in remote locations around the world."

. . . .

"According to The Washington Post, eagle-eyed observers have identified activity locating a suspected CIA base in Somalia, a Patriot missile defense system site in Yemen, and US special operations bases in the Sahel region of Africa."

EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF MALWARE INSTALLED ON YOUR SMART PHONE WITHOUT YOU REALIZING SO! SOLDIER BEWARE!

Other instances of Internet social media used to possibly "spy" on military personnel the subject of many prior blog entries:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/02/android.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/01/lllu.html 

BEWARE THE APP!

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RSOF.

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RSOF = Russian Special Operations Forces.

NO WHERE ELSE did I read about this!

I thought I was done with blog entries, extracts from Russian media outlets. But no!

Thanks to the Russian Internet media web site TASS. As was the case from 12 January.

"Russian military eliminates militants who shelled Hmeymim airbase December 31"

"A terrorist drone storage depot in the Syrian province of Idlib has also been wiped out"

THE BAD GUYS HAVE BEEN RUN TO GROUND AND ELIMINATED!

"MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The Russian military has wiped out a subversive militant group, which shelled the Hmeymim airbase in Syria with mortars on December 31, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday."

BAD GUYS RESPONSI9BLE FOR FIRST THE MORTAR ATTACK AND THEN THE DRONE ATTACK!

See previous blog entries the topic was the mortar and drone attacks on the Russian Syrian based military airfields:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/01/vasilek.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/01/foiled.html

"According to the ministry, a special operation was held to spot and eliminate it [those responsible for the airbase attacks]. A group of Russian Special Operation Forces established the militants' location close to the western border of the Idlib province."

A PRECISION-GUIDED ARTILLERY ROUND USED BY RUSSIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS AS THE WEAPON OF CHOICE. RIGHT ON TARGET IT SEEMS!!

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Denial.

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Finishing with a Sputnik Internet article we have yet one extract with my comments. To be honest much-to-do about nothing nonetheless interesting.

"Files Expose UK Plan to Nuke Middle East Oil Fields in Event of Soviet Invasion"

A. "Declassified UK government files reveal how the UK government hatched a secret plan to devastate the Middle East's oil industry with nuclear weapons in order to prevent the region’s reserves falling into the 'wrong' hands'"

DENIAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN OIL RESERVES TO BE DONE ONLY IN CASE OF A SOVIET INVASION, A WORLD WAR THREE SCENARIO.  A SCORCHED-EARTH METHODOLOGY AS HAS BEEN A PART AND PARCEL OF WARFARE FOR MILLENNIUM.

B. "However, it was not the first time the West had planned a nuclear 'first strike' on the Soviet Union. In 1945, as World War II in Europe was nearing its end, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked his military chiefs to prepare a secret war plan — 'Operation Unthinkable' — that would see the Western allies execute total war on the Soviet Union in Central and Eastern Europe, before marching on to the Soviet Union itself."

Unthinkable only to be implemented in case of: 1. Soviet treachery vis-a-vis Poland in the aftermath of the Second World War. 2. A massive Soviet military attack on western Europe. 3. NO nuclear strike possible unless with American cooperation.

A full understanding of context essential. The devoted reader to the blog as usual one step ahead of everyone else, Sputnik included. FILES NOW COMPLETELY EXPOSED!

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Absorption.

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Daesh = Islamic State.

Yet continuing with more extracts from Sputnik Internet articles with my commentary as appropriate:

"Scholar Explains What Lures Jihadists From Daesh to al-Qaeda"

"With many Daesh fighters, disillusioned by their leaders’ violently hard line vision of Islam, now breaking ranks and joining al-Qaeda, Radio Sputnik has discussed al-Qaeda and its future with David Cook, an assistant professor of religious studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas."

That northwest section of Syria a portion of which as currently controlled by the 30,000 or so fighters in opposition to and as loyal/beholden to the Al Qaeda affiliate now known as Tahrir al-Sham. Ranks now to bolstered by those unwilling or unable to give up the fight even with  the demise [apparently so] of the Islamic State.

1. DEFECTORS [REFUGEES/BATTLEFIELD SURVIVING REMNANTS?] FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE RALLYING TO THE  AL QAEDA AFFILIATE IN SYRIA HAVE COME TO REALIZE THE DECLARATION OF A CALIPHATE WAS TOO PREMATURE.

2. ALSO AL QAEDA TENDS TO "WORK WITH" RATHER THAN DOMINATE OTHER GROUPS IS A FURTHER ATTRACTION?

The Caliphate and the Islamic State now a thing of the past never to resurrect itself? The jihadi fight however continues for the true believer with a new master and faction?

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Munitions Turk.

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The German in response to that just recent Turkish military incursion into Syria having stopped delivery of Leopard tanks or spare parts for same the Turk not even worried. Thanks to Sputnik again.

"Turkey 'Has Come a Long Way' in Developing Its Own Weapons - Generals"

There have been conflicting reports about Germany mulling a suspension on the delivery of modernized Leopard main battle tanks to Turkey in light of Ankara’s ongoing military operation in northern Syria.

Germany’s possible decision to freeze the supply of modernized Leopard tanks requested by Turkey will by no means slow down the pace of the military operation against Kurds in Afrin, two retired Turkish generals have told Sputnik.

See previous blog entries the Turkish self-sufficiency with regard to armor unmistakable:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/leopard-2a4-syria.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/05/m-60-i.html

That Turkish arms industry very active. Producing indigenous designed and fabricated weapons, to-of-the-line. See previous blog entries the topic of which was Turkish munitions production:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/11/hms-ocean.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/08/milgem.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/08/rocketsan.html

Nations once almost totally reliant for advanced weaponry on foreign sources now able to develop and produce armaments of the most sophisticated nature.

TURKEY AMONG THEM!

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Furious!

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Yet more from the Russian media outlet Sputnik, the pronouncements of Gavin Williamson having drawn some heat from certain quarters. Gavin has foot-in-mouth disease?

"UK Intelligence Furious After Williamson's Remark About Russian Threat - Reports"

"MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK intelligence community was 'furious' due to recent statements of Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, who assumed that a Russian attack on the nation’s critical infrastructure could kill thousands"

"The comment follows Thursday's Defense Secretary's [Gavin W.] statement during an interview with The Telegraph, claiming that Moscow was researching UK infrastructure connections to energy supplies for opportunities to create 'chaos.' According to Williamson, these alleged possible cyber-attacks could kill thousands of people."

CYBER ATTACK BY RUSSIAN ASSOCIATED ENTITIES THE CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE THOUSANDS KILLED! VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE [SUCH AS THE ELECTRICAL POWER GRID] RENDERED INOPERABLE.

More than anything else, Gavin has revealed classified information that was passed on to him in confidence. He was under obligation not to reveal what he knew.

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Gavin W.

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Continuing with extracts from the Russian Times [RT] with my commentary.

Gavin Williamson again making statements deemed by some to be controversial.

"Kill them with drones: New UK defense secretary supports assassination of UK-born ISIS fighters"

"Britain’s new Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has taken a tough line on British-born members of Islamic State – Kill them and be done with it. His comments are the latest in an ongoing debate over whether disillusioned jihadists could be reintegrated."

"In a bold interview with The Sun, the freshly appointed minister vowed to hunt down and kill British IS fighters with drones."

HUNT AND KILL BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE ADHERENTS TO THE ISLAMIC STATE CAUSE. KILL WHILE COMBATANTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEFORE THEY CAN RETURN TO ENGLAND, IF AND WHEN THEY DO!

See my previous blog entry with similar subject matter. The French too have taken this matter into consideration.

NO QUARTER TO BE GIVEN!

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