[42711] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Afghanistan [OT]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ng Pheng Siong)
Wed Sep 19 12:13:02 2001
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:51:43 +0800
From: Ng Pheng Siong <ngps@post1.com>
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10109181510490.15060-100000@arch.exigengroup.com>; from avg@exigengroup.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:48:53PM -0700
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:48:53PM -0700, Vadim Antonov wrote:
> I'd say the better way of communicating would be the classical
> native-language radio translation in Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe
> fashion, otherwise known as propaganda. Worked well for the USSR.
You mean _against_ the USSR?
> Radios are cheap and realtively available (and hard to control, too).
> May be worthwhile to actually air-drop loads of small and easy to hide
> solar-powered units. I'd expect a lot of people to listen to those in
> hiding even when threatened with execution for mere posession.
>
> Given the air superiority of NATO, controlling use of those radios by the
> local propaganda units can be very easy - just drop radio-guided missiles
> on Taliban transmitters.
How do I configure my router to filter out warmongers?
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