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Daily Times Monitor
ISLAMABAD: The US intelligence agencies have established a network in Pakistan through a cellular services provider to capture the Al Qaeda members and other terrorists, Hindustan Times quoted the Online news agency as saying.
“From now on, a satellite system will capture data, conversations and recorded messages conducted on mobile phones linked through the Mobilink network and transmit these to the US security and intelligence agencies,” says the news agency. According to the report, the new system has been devised in collaboration with the sponsors of Mobilink. Special chips will also be used in mobile phones for intelligence purposes.
Those subscribers who are on the US list of suspects have already been directed to get their existing cell chips changed. The US agencies have established their own networks to capture terrorists in Pakistan and are using a variety of means for this, the agency quotes sources as saying.
“One method is to monitor the transmission of messages from wireless and other equipment. The US aerially monitors border areas in Pakistan. Also, the telephone lines of suspected terrorists are reportedly tapped.”“Mobilink has reportedly been giving huge financial assistance to implement the changes. The US is keen to expand the mobile phone intelligence network,” says the report.
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Im not sure what tis means? This story was reported by Hindustan Times who quoted some online news agency?
Anyway
Installing a cellular netowork is nuthing but redundancy. You would be surprised what kind of communications, electronics and telemetry intelligence is picked up by NSA supercomputers from around the world.
lol...Its not only Pakistan. There is a US-British organization in England which monitors billions of emails, phones, faxes etc of the whole world including their allies and foes alike. :)
Its hilarious. How many would bet this "news story" is planted/leaked by Mobilink's rivals (Paktel, Instaphone etc)? Especially bcz any Tom, Dick and Harry can listen to non-GSM (Paktel etc) conversation by buying a two-bit scanner, so these two may have decided to make it a level playing field. :)
Some people are inherently paranoid. Even if they have nothing to hide, they'd say "hey, I don't want anyone listening" and may switch to a different carrier.
In any case, good luck to CIA (or whoever) who'd be listening to all the crap people talk on their cellphones. Al Qaida might very well start using this to plant more disinformation than ever. Expect more "unspecified threats" which are becoming a horribly routine occurance here in the US of A. US security agencies are hell bent on proving Osama right when he claimed "these people will not feel secure anymore" or something like that.
i knew this would happen as soon as the cell companies gave "1st minute free" to FBI
BTW, Tom/DIck/Harry CANNOT get a scanner that can decode cell conversations. they can get the encrypted data but will never be able to decode without finding some serious keys. the phone companies have them and probably were made to give them to FBI.
BTW it makes no sense to name one service provider - odd
I will make coded phone call on my mobile and announce i am making big plan to attack all 44 FBI offices in Pakistan on such and such day at such and such time. Just to make those idiot americans scramble for cover and wait all night long for the big hit that not coming
wont this affect privacy of then users?pakistan has got 4 providers only and that makes the things easier for the americans.but it is foolish to think that professional culprits like Alquaida members will use common or local language to convey matters.they will use only `hint languages'or sectret codes to get in touch with their group members.
if this report can be taken ,wont the subscribers of the mobilelink company protest against it?
Mr. Zaidan himself may have been under stress for days before the broadcast, and a visiting reporter who made numerous attempts to reach him between the last week of October and the first 10 days of November found him very elusive. U.S. agents have been keeping tabs on cell-phone traffic in Pakistan for months.
Reached on his cell phone on Oct. 27, Mr. Zaidan said he was on a plane bound for Dubai, in the United Arab Republic, and would be back in Islamabad the following week. In early November, he kept his cell phone turned off most of the time.
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...for Dubai, in the United Arab Republic*
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Just goes to show either the extent of Washington Times reporter or their delusions. There is no United Arab Republic... kaash ke aisa hota. They are all Emirates... u know, the royal thing :)
Maybe the writer needs a refresher course. united arab republic was the name for the entity created by the union of Syria and Egypt back in late 50's to 1961. After this Union ended, Egypt maintained the name of United Arab Republic for another decade almost.
I hope he pays more attention to detail in the other things he wrote.
You will see the correction in tomorrow's post. It is not uncommon to notice (even in the New York Times) misspelled and missabrivation of places and names. It is not the writer or the editorial staff, but high school dropout typesetters who are responsible for such booboos. And by the way, if it were a misspelled region of US Virgin Islands, you think any one of you would have noticed? Moral of the story is that Pakis can only see as far as Dubai or the United Arab States.
Seriously Fraudz, these typos are not uncommon, even in the most prestigious of publications. Last night I watched a news segments on CNN, where the reporter (reporting from the scene) butchered the hell out of names. Part of it is the unfamiliarity and part of it is the price of “live news” or “fast news”. It is no reflection on the ability of the journalists or the editorial staff. Past summer I read Urdu newspaper in Lahore, and even the headlines left a lot of be desired.
NY, I know, thats why I just said okay indicating i understand.
btw, as far as urdu newspaper..you have my sympathies, Only urdu newspaper worth reading in Pakistan is "evening special" ;) dunno if u get that in Lahore
I can understand that live reporters struggle with the correct pronunciation of arabic and other unfamiliar words (a CNN reported called it aieed-ool-fitaar), so though its amusing, its a forgivable error. But printed stuff definitely needs a bit more scrutiny for accuracy. Our expectations are higher.
I agree that urdu publications (and some english ones too) in Pakistan could definitely do with more accuracy in their reports vis a vis names and stuff. But then US publications, typically stand out for their quality and claim to be the best of the best in news publication, so we'd cut them less slack. :)
