NYT: 03 plan displays cyberwar risk Aug 2, 2009
Besides blowing up cellphone towers and communications grids, the offensive included electronic jamming and digital attacks against Iraqs telephone networks. American officials also contacted international communications companies that provided satellite phone and cellphone coverage to Iraq to alert them to possible jamming and to ask their assistance in turning off certain channels. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Obama 'troubled' by Iran violence Jun 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:08 GMT, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:08 UK. Iran to hold election recount. (BBC News -- Americas)
Will Iran's protests succeed? Jun 16, 2009
Local and international phone and text message services interrupted Social networking and newspaper websites blocked BBC says "heavy electronic jamming" from inside Iran disrupts its Persian TV service International journalists arrested and asked to leave Iranian newspapers do not carry reports of the violence Source: Various reports. They were "bottom-up", generally incoherent, and lacked a political vehicle to sustain them. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran targets media after disputed election Jun 16, 2009
The British Broadcasting Co. said that electronic jamming of its news report, which it said began on election day Friday, had worsened by Sunday, causing service disruptions for BBC viewers and listeners in Iran, the Middle East and Europe. It said it had traced the jamming of the satellite signal broadcasting its Farsi-language service to a spot inside Iran. (MSNBC -- International)
Mailbag: Defending against pirates (May 13) May 14, 2009
While Somali militants prefer no-frills motorboats, I expect some pirates to invest their ransom rewards into heavy craft, weapons, and electronic jamming tools. For the most part, though, the open nature of the sea favors nations over the guerrilla. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
