--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah@shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips@philodox.com Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:53:42 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Iraq soldiers' phones hacked Reply-To: clips-chat@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/print/0,20285,19585039-5001027,00.html> The Daily Telegraph Iraq soldiers' phones hacked June 26, 2006 MOBILE phone calls home made by British soldiers in Iraq may have been intercepted by insurgents, it was reported yesterday. Soldiers have been warned of the danger of insurgents using electronic equipment to intercept their calls and obtain the numbers of their family in the UK. The Ministry of Defence confirmed there was concern over reports of "nuisance calls" to servicemen's families. It played down suggestions that the calls had included death threats. A Territorial Army document warned that insurgents in southern Iraq had managed to obtain the home telephone numbers of British soldiers using electronic intercept devices. It said there had been "many instances in the last weeks of relatives and friends of personnel serving abroad on operations getting nuisance phone calls". The newspaper report suggested that the calls had included claims that a father or son serving in Iraq is dead or will soon be killed, as well as verbal abuse or silence. The Ministry of Defence said: "There have been reports of nuisance calls to the families of service personnel. To our knowledge, nuisance calls have been just that - nuisance calls. "We are not currently aware of any reports of anything more sinister." -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'