Taliban phoning UK soldiers' families

[Collo]

Taliban phoning UK soldiers' families


By staff writers | August 22, 2007

TALIBAN extremists are reportedly phoning the families of troops fighting in Afghanistan and telling them their loved ones are dead.
Afghan insurgents have been using mobile phone-hacking technology to extract phone numbers to target the families of British troops, The Sun newspaper reported today.

According to The Sun, a Taliban fanatic called the wife of an Royal Air Force officer and told her: ?You?ll never see your husband alive again ? we have just killed him.?

After calling the RAF, she was told that her husband was safe and well.

As a result of opposition forces using advanced technology to monitor calls made on mobile phones, British servicemen have been banned from using their phones.

?We assume these days that every conversation over mobile phones is being heard by our enemies,? a senior officer said.

?They have some pretty powerful friends and allies, who are giving them some very sophisticated help. They will use that information in any way they can to damage us, whether it is physically or mentally.?

The Ministry of Defence said families of troops in Iraq had also suffered from ?nuisance calls? in the past year.






Crusty, you want first rebuttal!

[Ultra Requete]

It's simple mesage to George Wahhabi Bush and his saudi paid cronies; stop buying the oil and support the Jihaad and dictatorships. Without the oil the islamists woud all live in their beloved VIIth century which is fine for me.  

[Collo]

This is down right freaky that it is happening. How they are able to do this and get away with it is a serious problem in terms of security for our troops and their families. If they can ring and harass family members of service personnel who knows what else they can do from their hidy holes in the Tora Bora

[Tim]

This is a real sneaky thing!

[Collo]

It is isn't it!

[kiwi]

This is not unexpected just a different form of Terrorism, its bad enough to lose a loved one, let alone this. Can't the telephone companies trace and block these call from that region. if theres one patch it through to scotland yard and let them deal with it.

[Crusty]

I'd be even more upset if they were reversing the charges as well!

[Ultra Requete]

This is not unexpected just a different form of Terrorism, its bad enough to lose a loved one, let alone this. Can't the telephone companies trace and block these call from that region. if theres one patch it through to scotland yard and let them deal with it.

They weren't pulling this from caves, its the work of cells in the west or even bored wanabie Jihaddi "youths" from Londonistan.
You looking for too much technicall solution; the taliban enemy shoud be killed and their western based supporters send back to Fakistan. That shall stop them harrasing us for good period.

[kiwi]

I tend to agree sometimes the simple answer is the best. But like everything to the public, if the government is seen to do nothing, then the morale of the country drops. I whole hearty agree pop a bullet in them.