Wednesday briefs

Whoops, they did it again: Another cyber attack on Iran.

Israeli security company Seculert and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab, said on Tuesday that they identified more than 800 victims of the operation. The targets include critical infrastructure companies, engineering students, financial services firms and government embassies located in five Middle Eastern countries, with the majority of the infections in Iran.

It’s written in Persian, and they’re calling it the Mahdi virus. Gee, it’s too bad those Iranians chased most of their Jews out in the fifties. They probably wouldn’t have nearly the big talent field to choose from if Iran had been truly tolerant to other religions. Yet another example of what happens when you screw your Jews.

A good call: I am in complete agreement with this. Three soldiers attacked their commander because he filed a complaint against them. They’re being thrown out of the IAF. Good.

The party’s over: Kadima and Likud split up over drafting religious Jews. I’m with Kadima on this one. You can’t have a split like that in a small country like Israel. Religious Jews need to be a part of Israeli society, not apart from it.

A message in the heart of Damascus: A bomb killed Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law. I don’t know enough about Syria to answer this question, but who killed him? Assad is ruthless enough to execute his brother-in-law if he’s dissatisfied with his performance. And he would totally blame it on the rebels.

Update: The rebels are claiming responsibility.