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FOX just reported that these drones are GPS capable and programmed with maps of US cities. When reporting this they showed a map of the DC metro area. Also reported was that these drones may be brought into the country in pieces and assembled by sleeper cells. /remove tinfoil/

Not sure Iraq could pull this off tech wise. I've never heard of GPS toy planes, not to say they don't exist.

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According to the article, intelligence reports say that these exist and have been tested. The GPS part is easy, you can even buy small handheld GPS systems. While some people choose to disbelieve the information in the article, this is not based on speculation, but specific intelligence reports, even Powell mentioned some of it at the UN briefing, so it's not just journalists just being "sensationalistic".

"They're worried that these vehicles have already been, or could be, transported inside the United States to be used in an attack, although there is no proof that this has happened.

Secretary of State Colin Powell showed a picture of a small drone plane during his presentation to the U.N. Security Council earlier this month.

But Powell said U.S. intelligence sources found that one of Iraq's newest UAVs went 310 miles nonstop on autopilot in a test run. That distance is over the 155 miles that the United Nations permits, and the test was left out of Iraq's arms declaration.

Officials tell Fox that there is solid intelligence that Iraq has tested many different types of sprayers on these drones to disperse chemical and biological weapons."

And of course don't forget that Atta tried to buy cropdusters. That is a fact, not speculation. With these sucidal terrorists, if they can't do UAV, they can just use a small plane.