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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050307-121323-4533r.htm

"Cell-phone technology an explosive tool for insurgents"


By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 7, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The efficiency of cell-phone technology in rebuilding Iraq has a drawback in that insurgents are using the hand-held devices to orchestrate attacks and set off roadside bombs, defense officials say.
    A growing network of cellular connections has proved a boon to contractors, the U.S. military and average Iraqis in turning the state-run economy into a free-market business environment.
    But insurgents have been able to capitalize on the growing availability to create their own mobile command-and-control centers. Bomb-makers also use cell phones to remotely set off improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the roadside devices that have killed scores of U.S. troops."


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