[Phsstpok]

Why do they need hundreds or thousands of detonators? Come on, think!

I read this as a leading question pointing to an obvious answer, not a criticism.  The obvious answers I come up with are that

1. they have hundreds or thousands of Jihadis who need a way to communicate for an immenent strike
2. they have tons of IEDs they want to set off using cell phones as remote detonators (maybe here?)
3. a combination of the above

[samantha]

#443 excellent post...

[shalom aleichem]

Re: #443. Thanks for input. Yes, that is exactly how I meant it. Like Professor Kingsfield in Paper Chase using the Socratean method to ask minds to "think!". This requires some brainstorming of what might enemy be up to. The one thing that puzzles me is them taking batteries out of the cell phones. Would that not make them unusable? Or, does it allow the phone to remain silent (not staying in touch with service and thus not traceable by satellites etc.?)
But if they are detonators for IEDs someone would have to go to these places and put a battery in them. Maybe they are not fixed, but mobile devices. (As I speculated earlier, this may involve bridges).

Also the dates may have something do with the Prophesy of the 12th Imam which Glenn Beck was talking about last week. Things could bet interesting.

Meanwhile Syrian tanks are massing at the Golan Heights.