Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/04/us_embassy/
Google thwarts al-Qaeda kamikaze strike on US embassy
London consulate cunningly disguised
Posted in Bootnotes, 4th April 2007 14:18 GMT
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Google has quite brilliantly denied al-Qaeda the possibility of using Google Maps UK to identify the US embassy in London and subsequently launching a devastating kamikaze assault on the building.
Indeed, were Ozzie bin Laden to search for "US embassy London", he'd be directed here [1]:
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Quite what the Post Office boys down on Rathbone Place will make of Google's fingering of their building as a decoy target is anyone's guess, but they can take heart from the fact that the correct address shown will lead determined terrorists to their true objective down at Grosvenor Square [3]:
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Yes, we know: once again El Reg has played right into the hands of the terrorists by correctly identifying this A-list target. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. ®
Links
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=us+embassy&layer=&ie=UTF8&near=london&z=17&ll=51.517663,-0.133038&spn=0.003138,0.007274&t=k&om=1&iwloc=F
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=us+embassy&layer=&ie=UTF8&near=london&z=17&ll=51.517663,-0.133038&spn=0.003138,0.007274&t=k&om=1&iwloc=F
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=us+embassy&layer=&ie=UTF8&near=london&z=18&ll=51.511096,-0.153052&spn=0.001569,0.003637&t=k&om=1&iwloc=F
- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=us+embassy&layer=&ie=UTF8&near=london&z=18&ll=51.511096,-0.153052&spn=0.001569,0.003637&t=k&om=1&iwloc=F