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Who still uses pagers? (www.voanews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] macarthur_park 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are many sources because it’s been widely reported. Here’s one: reuters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hezbollah, the de facto government of large parts of Lebanon, ordered the pagers and widely distributed them. Many of them went to civilians for legitimate purposes. It's unreasonable to suggest that these are fair targets because they were briefly in Hezbollah's control at some point along the chain.

[–] macarthur_park 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

widely distributed them. Many of them went to civilians for legitimate purposes.

Source?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://aje.io/mcioby?update=3187935

[+] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They said “Seems unlikely [that pagers would be in the hands of doctors] considering only pagers belonging to Hezbollah had the explosives added.”

That article directly refutes that. It is heavily implied when you’re all saying “Hezbollah” you’re talking about militants. Again, it is unreasonable to suggest that workers, including doctors and nurses, that are part of the civilian arm of Hezbollah’s de facto government are fair targets in either morality or international law.