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2006-12-16 Iraq

Pajamas Media: Iraqi Insurgents Launch 24-Hour Television Station

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Posted by .com 2006-12-16 00:55|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Hey, Hosni! Real nice satellite ya got there. Be a shame if somethin' were to happen to it..."

Posted by PBMcL 2006-12-16 02:04|| 2006-12-16 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 This could possibly be used to our advantage. It strikes me that households tuned to this station could be identified and located - even in a noisy environment and with the tv volume low. Feed a highly sensitive directional microphone and the tv audio signal into computer software that looks for correlation. An analogous process works for seismic oil exploration using 'Vibroseis'. Halliburton probably owns that technology now; they need an Al-Zawraa listening division.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-16 08:00|| 2006-12-16 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-16 10:47|| 2006-12-16 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It is not connected with Al-Jazeera.

Me thinks they protest to much.

Probably setup and run by AP, Rooters, and CNN.

I think its time to take out their earth station, satellite, and cut our aid it Egypt.

Should be easy to track down or jam the earth station.

Love th graphic!

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-16 10:54|| 2006-12-16 10:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank G, i had absolutely NO idea you could carry a tune!

»:-)

Posted by RD 2006-12-16 11:25|| 2006-12-16 11:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Glenmore,
Even if the technology is possible, what good would it do ? You'd just discover that every TV set in the country was tuned in. But, it might produce good data for supporting a cataclysmic end to the place.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-16 12:10|| 2006-12-16 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Subliminal Message.

All you have to do is start a rumor and then watch the fun....

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-16 12:43|| 2006-12-16 12:43|| Front Page Top

#8 *not safe for whippersnappers*

sum of Frank's early werk

Here

Posted by RD 2006-12-16 12:51|| 2006-12-16 12:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually the sat makes a better target than the earth station. Sat's go silent all the time for unknown reasons... Would make a point to Egypt. If it doesn't the next sat to carry it could go silent too. Pretty soon the message would get across some thick skulls.

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-16 13:27|| 2006-12-16 13:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Take over the signal and broadcast some lurid porn videos for a couple of days. No one will watch it except the mad mullahs. There will be some inscenced muslims that might even cause trouble for the backers of this station.

It's not hard to jam a satellite signal. It's not even hard to over-ride a normal television signal. I'm sure the Halliburtan spook division can do it for us...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-12-16 15:18|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-16 15:18|| Front Page Top

#11 I remember when the Turbans broke up that sad day in April of '83, it was hard times, the fans were mainly poor trash engineers. The sounds moved 'em somehow, it was the last (and first) blooming of the Flower Shirt Blues Era. Sad, but that's show-biz for 'ya. The Commdore was already looking towards his future in coupe-de-totery.

/It was a long time ago, things were different then

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-16 15:55|| 2006-12-16 15:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Captain Midnight, where are we when we need you most?

Posted by gromky 2006-12-16 16:31|| 2006-12-16 16:31|| Front Page Top

#13 Sounds like a job for a HARM.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-12-16 18:33|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-16 18:33|| Front Page Top

#14 Still 2 carriers in the gulf? Tha is at least 8, maybe 10 EA-6Bs that could provide 24/7 JAMOPS against this particular frequency. Thay would drive a bunch of people batshit. Or they could just randomly jam it, cut out the last 5 minutes of the local goat p0rn.

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-12-16 20:13|| 2006-12-16 20:13|| Front Page Top

#15 I've given up the beard and am down to a fu-manchu, but can still do a good "I'm a man" and Johnny Cash covers

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-16 22:57|| 2006-12-16 22:57|| Front Page Top

#16 Frank that #8 tune is

'Wooly Bully'
By Sam The Sham And The Pharohs

>::)

Posted by RD 2006-12-16 23:27|| 2006-12-16 23:27|| Front Page Top

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