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Afghanistan Firefight Heard On Voice Mail
www. kptv.com ^ | 5-06-2008 | staff kptv.com

Posted on 05/06/2008 2:12:11 PM PDT by givemELL

OTIS, Ore. -- An Oregon couple received a frightening phone call from their son in Afghanistan when he inadvertently called home during battle.

Stephen Phillips and other soldiers in his Army MP company were battling insurgents when his phone was pressed against his Humvee. It redialed and called his parents in the small Oregon town of Otis.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afganistan; firefight; voicemail
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1 posted on 05/06/2008 2:12:12 PM PDT by givemELL
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To: givemELL

Afghanistan has cell phone service?


2 posted on 05/06/2008 2:14:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

more bars than the competitor.. LOL


3 posted on 05/06/2008 2:21:01 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: 1rudeboy

It’s probably called IED service over there.


4 posted on 05/06/2008 2:22:19 PM PDT by faq
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Afghanistan has cell phone service?

Yes...about 1 in 7 people in the country has a cell phone, and there are multiple providers.

5 posted on 05/06/2008 2:23:55 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring

And the towers don’t get blown up? I just learned something new.


6 posted on 05/06/2008 2:25:44 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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The bad guys needed too!


7 posted on 05/06/2008 2:27:42 PM PDT by TaMoDee
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To: givemELL

Dumb ass. I hope his CO chewed a huge piece off. Having a cell phone while on an operation is nuts. It can be lost/obtained by terrorists who know how to use auto-dial. There’s got to be more discipline for cell phones.


8 posted on 05/06/2008 2:42:17 PM PDT by caisson71 (Times change, values don't.)
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To: 1rudeboy

most likely a satellite phone.


9 posted on 05/06/2008 2:44:18 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascists inside and outside our borders, now ACT LIKE IT!)
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To: givemELL

I’m sorry they heard the battle, but the simple bravery of the young man when he said “don’t let grandma hear it”. I almost cried. He’s out there doing a man’s job, and God Bless Him.


10 posted on 05/06/2008 3:08:21 PM PDT by Williams
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To: SFC Chromey

We sent our son a satellite phone, too, but he had the good sense to leave it in Kandahar. Too bad today, because I would love to wish him a happy birthday.


11 posted on 05/06/2008 3:11:23 PM PDT by I-ambush
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To: 1rudeboy
In the areas covered cell phones are extremely popular. The Taliban found that out the hard way when they tried to outlaw cell phones a couple months ago.

Cell phone towers and maintenance personnel are apparently on the short list with de-mining teams of things you do not touch in Afghanistan, or the locals will rise up against you.

12 posted on 05/08/2008 5:14:23 AM PDT by PaidByWord
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