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Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks

Posted by samzenpus on from the since-you-asked-nicely dept.

faster_manic writes "The Taliban has demanded that cellphone network providers in Afghanistan cease service between the hours of 5pm and 7am each night of the week, as they believe American troops are able to track down Taliban members using their cellphones."

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  1. Nights and Weekends. by Radon360 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, no, no. You don't understand. Tracking is free and unlimited during off-peak hours. They're just trying to make it really expensive for the U.S. government to pay for all that tracking during peak daytime hours.

  2. Re:Isn't it as easy as by Grishnakh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They (the religious right) do represent the majority; it's just that people don't want to admit it.

    In certain states, they're definitely not the majority (California, etc.), but overall in America, they're either a majority, or so close it doesn't really matter (high 40%). Plus, the states they control are less populous, and the way our government is set up, those sets have greater per-capita representation than the most populous states.