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Taliban accidentally CCs everybody on its mailing list |
2012-11-17 |
In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC'd the names of everyone on his mailing list. Blinky sucks!!! And you can quote me... Oh, SHIT! Where's that delete button! The names were disclosed in an email by Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday. The email was a blurb he received from the account of Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson. Ahmedi then forwarded Mujahid's email to the full Taliban mailing list, but rather than using the BCC function, or blind carbon copy which keeps email addresses private, Ahmedi made the addresses public. Qari? In my office...NOW. The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of journalists, but also includes an address appearing to belong to a provincial governor, an Afghan politician, several academics and activists, an ... Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-e-Islami is believed to be behind several attacks against coalition troops. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#6 In other news, NAMBLA reports a mysterious overload on their mail servers. |
Posted by: SteveS 2012-11-17 18:31 |
#5 surprised it wasn't youngboyz4me@ISI.com |
Posted by: Frank G 2012-11-17 17:17 |
#4 Coming up next: Qari Yousuf Ahmedi declares email unIslamic... |
Posted by: tu3031 2012-11-17 17:07 |
#3 So yelling undo three time then pouring acid on the screen didn't undo it? Allan must hate you on a very personal level. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-11-17 14:51 |
#2 consists mostly of journalists, No doubt, a lot of 'journalists' (sneer quotes!) are wondering "Why didn't *I* get a copy of that?". |
Posted by: SteveS 2012-11-17 12:52 |
#1 The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of journalists, Just to be on the safe side, I always include the MSM when I think of the Taliban or terrorism. It's just become second nature. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2012-11-17 04:12 |