Hi-tech mobile hack spreads rumour of Taliban chief's death The Taliban has become the victim of a hi-tech disinformation campaign spreading false rumours that its leader, Mullah Omar, had died following a heart attack. Text messages spoofed so as to appear to have originated from phones used by Taliban spokesmen Zabihullah Mujahid and Qari Yousuf were used to spread the rumour. …
Do you think that anyone in the Western world would ever prosecute a phone hacker for spoofing a misinformation text?
Sending pics even fake ones of bestiality or Pedophilia would still get someone in trouble even if it was against the taliban,
Sorry, but I still give you an A for effort. :-)
I'm sure they would be pretty strict on the use of it - but why would they care about poison being supplied to the infidel? Particularly if the opium growers were good muslims who all wore beards and didn't educate their girls, and furthermore were able to make generous donations to the cause.
The Taliban only banned the growing of opium in 2000* but for the 7 years of their rule prior to that it was fine, their reason being that opium wasconsumed by westerners. Hashish production was banned from the time they came into power bcause it was consumed locally. The taliban "frown upon the production of opium" because the Koran forbids the use of intoxicants, but they have no concerns growing to supply to the infidels.
* there is some suggestion that this was not out of religious zeal but to change the supply/demand equation in favour of higher prices.
Might I suggest that the intelligence services aren't going to waste their time with pranks. If they were responsible then they were likely trying to provoke an increase in communication between Taliban members which might in turn reveal useful intelligence such as identifying couriers, exposing command structures and previously unknown players, maybe even locations.
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