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Thailand pulls plug on unregistered mobiles (cellphones)
The Register ^ | Tuesday 11th October 2005 14:14 GMT | Lester Haines

Posted on 10/11/2005 9:58:15 AM PDT by PissAndVinegar

From mid-November, unregistered mobile phones will not work in Thailand's southernmost three provinces - Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala - as the government pulls the plug as part of its ongoing war against insurgents in the region.

The aim is to stop mobile-phone-triggered bombings in the affected provinces. Since January 2004, 970 people have died in increasing unrest in the majority-Muslim region.

(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cellphone; insurgents; mobiles; remotebomb; rop; terror; terrorists; thailand; wot
Good idea, IMO (for that country, with their current situation).

There's simple math most reporters fail to grasp: Insurgent + bombings = TERRORISTS!! (I know this is theReg but c'mon!)

1 posted on 10/11/2005 9:58:26 AM PDT by PissAndVinegar
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To: PissAndVinegar
There's simple math most reporters fail to grasp: Insurgent + bombings = TERRORISTS

Most frequently, as in this case, There's simple math most reporters fail to grasp: Insurgent + bombings = MUSLIM TERRORISTS

2 posted on 10/11/2005 10:15:23 AM PDT by PAR35
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