Posted on 08/21/2007 8:14:55 PM PDT by blam
Taliban tap into soldiers' mobile phones
By Sophie Borland
Last Updated: 2:20am BST 22/08/2007
Taliban insurgents are tapping into the mobile phones of British soldiers in Afghanistan and making threatening calls to their families, according to The Sun.
They are thought to be downloading numbers stored in the phones and then terrorising friends and relatives of the servicemen by calling them with threats.
One wife of an RAF soldier based in Afghanistan claimed to have received a phonecall in the middle of the night telling her that her husband was dead despite the fact he was alive and well.
Servicemen have now been told that they must not use their mobiles as they risk breaching security.
It is a similar ploy to that used by Iraqi insurgents last year who were able to tap in to the phones of British soldiers and make threats to their families and friends.
Last June there were several reports of relatives and friends of servicemen based in Iraq receiving calls in the middle of the night threatening that a son or husband will be killed.
A spokesman from the Ministry of Defence said: “Soldiers are specifically told not to take their mobiles phones into the theatre anyway so they should not have them with them in Afghanistan. “There is little reason that they would want them as the infrastructure for mobiles is very poor in the country.”
Are they still using analog cell phones?
Here in the States, {{{ WE }}} can’t monitor the enemy, but {{{ THEY }}} can monitor us...
Old story. I would venture to guess that the offenders are local lefties who know of the soldiers families. Probably du or daily kos members.(Upon first seeing the title “the daily kos”, I thought it was meant to be read as “the daily chaos”. I still think so.
The scum of the devil’s feet will be dealt with....Our government leaders cannot prevent us from hating Muslim terrorists. Those passengers on that doomed flight knew they had to fight as they did to their last seconds on earth. These sand fleas have no clue as to how much hatred we can muster. They are emboldened by our weak politicians lack of outward courage. Believe me, Muslim terrorists and weak politicians have no clue to the hell coming if this dog and pony show goes on much longer. Anyone could see how Bush/Kennedy/McCain folded like a house of cards when people got medieval about amnesty for illegals. It’s a big storm brewing in America and every politician better be ready!
You know it.
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About what I would expect, from a group that is willing to kill women and children.
Ping.
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