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Re: Taliban Orders Afghan Cellphone Companies to Shut Down Networks at Night
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:35:25 -0500
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:58:03 +0200, Juha-Matti Laurio said:
The Taliban, which wants the networks to go dark between 5pm and 7am each night, is convinced that Allied troops are using the cellphone networks to track down its remaining fighters."
Umm.. if the network shuts down at night, the Taliban fighters will have to make calls during the day - and we can use the exact same methods to track them down then. Am I being a dim bulb and missing something, or is the Taliban?
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