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'Army getting jammers for Taliban radio'
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Athar Abbas on Monday said the military was acquiring the latest technology to jam the illegal radio transmissions of the Swat Taliban, a private TV channel reported. The ISPR spokesman told the channel that the Taliban's FM radio transmitters were mobile and could not be destroyed immediately. However, Abbas said, the acquisition of the technology would help block the illegal transmissions. Some fairly old-technology radio direction finding equipment will nail them down within anywhere from a half kilometer to about 100 square meters. Multiple intersects from remote-operated airborne equipment can nail them within comfortable artillery range, and then there's suddenly no more Mullah Fazlullah. That's what they're trying to avoid, of course. General Abbas said the Taliban were trying to create an atmosphere of fear in Swat and wanted to extend their presence to other parts of the country, the channel reported. He told the channel that the Taliban were trying to project themselves as a parallel government in the valley, but the military would control the situation soon. "Define soon?" "Next 100 years. Maybe 150." Posted by: Fred 2009-01-27 |
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