Rebels In Syria Using iPads To Target Troops – ValueWalk Premium
04Aug

Rebels In Syria Using iPads To Target Troops

While a certain group of Islamic rebels in Syria have been accused of using stone-aged moralistic principles to guide their behavior, other rebels are not operating using stone-age weapons. The Jaish al-Islam rebels, fighting Syrian troops around the capital of Damascus and at the same time battling ISIS fighters and Al Qaeda-back Jabhat al-Nusra rebels on another front are doing so with the help of an Apple iPad.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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