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Observations: The Danger of Cellular Terrorism
by V. Mandosh

Local Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'ir recently reported that police headquarters is worried about explosive devices being triggered by citizens and police officers. Concerns arose following intelligence about the new method Palestinians organizations might begin to employ, which consists of placing explosives detonated by cell phone in cars. A "For Sale" sign is taped to the windshield with the number of the cell phone that detonates the explosives. Reporter Arnon Ragoler writes that police officers have been instructed not to verify the particulars about suspicious vehicles by calling the phone numbers listed on them, but rather by checking through police data terminals. Police heads are concerned that traffic police and citizens interesting in purchasing the vehicle will dial the number, thereby causing a tragedy to take place.

The newspaper writes that since the beginning of the Intifadah nearly all of the car bombs discovered were placed in cars stolen from Israeli territory, wired in PA- controlled territory and brought back into Israel. Investigations of suspects involved in the attempted bombings showed that this technique was developed following the lessons learned by the terror organizations themselves, after many of the car bombs were discovered before exploding. Terrorist attack planners realized that security personnel regularly use cellular company computers, which are sometimes capable of locating the detonators in real time. The district police spokesman replied that he is unaware of such an announcement being issued to police officers.

 

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