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Iran
Mullahs Jamming Satellite TV Signals in Iran
2003-06-16
EFL
First half snipped, rerun from yesterday...
Last week viewers complained that it had become almost impossible to watch their favorite programs. "The television screen is all waves and noisy interference," said Ellie, 28, an unemployed graduate with a degree in Persian literature. "I can't watch anything at all. It's so frustrating here without it."
Paenthetically, I note that the Iranian college education program has reached parity with the US system: we also have lots of unemployed graduates with degrees in literature.
Although it has long been illegal to buy or install satellite dishes, the devices cling to the sides of practically every building in the middle-class northern Tehran suburbs and are a common sight across town. Large circular white boxes installed in the grounds of government barracks and bases are believed to be jamming devices. Government ministers, however, denied any knowledge of an attempt to jam the satellite signals.
Offer a bounty for smashing each one of these.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  hey Stevey, Long time, no troll, huh?
Posted by: Frank G   2003-06-16 13:02:29  

#5  ...we also have lots of unemployed graduates with degrees in literature.

And on that note, may I introduce "Stevey Robinson" to Rantburg?
Posted by: Steve White   2003-06-16 12:48:51  

#4  Don't need to smash the jammers. Satellite TV is a line of sight thing. All they need to do is put a grounded screen (or better a sheet metal box) around the dish to keep the jamming signal away from the dish. As long as you have a clear view up to the bird you can receive a signal while blocking the jamming signal. A sheet metal structure could also be diguised as a AC unit.
Posted by: Steve   2003-06-16 09:54:01  

#3  All the Iranian Students want is a declaration from the US Government that they will not support the Mullahs. Ever. Break off all talks, all relationships.

Probably bombing the nuclear facilities is the only thing we need to bomb. Let the Iranians take their government back.
Posted by: Ptah   2003-06-16 08:25:33  

#2  Let's ask them: a thing the valiant leftists who sided with the Stalin, Hitler (prior to June 22, 1941), Mao, Pol Pot and Saddam would never do.
Posted by: JFM   2003-06-16 07:17:50  

#1  just because the iRANIANS HATE THEIR GERIATRIC RIDDEN ILLEGITIMATE REGIME DOES NOT MEAN THEY WOULD WELCOME AMERICAN BOMBING AND LOVE DUBYA
Posted by: stevey robinson   2003-06-16 04:33:29  

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