Yes, I just heard about this on the Glen Beck radio show this morning.

He will be talking about it soon.

Its a good thing that spam came through and saved lives from that nut job..

no 72 virgins for her...errr..ummm or whatever woman get.

LOL? Happy New years? It's January 28.

Very interesting; however, one would hope that these cell-phone detonators only worked one way. If it detonated on an incoming SMS, whoever put it together wasn't very bright.

Originally posted by mr10k
LOL? Happy New years? It's January 28.

Very interesting observation. And they found the phone in operational order or what here? lol

Karma.
Got to love it.

I can imagine God sitting on his throne, in Heaven. With a blackberry in his hand, asking St. Peter, "how do you get the smiley face on the screen?"

Why would a suicide bomber need a cell phone rather than a manual detonator? If cell phones are regularly used as detonators, then I think the military just found a way to prevent attacks....send out a SMS spam to all cell numbers every few minutes.

Originally posted by Aggie Man
Why would a suicide bomber need a cell phone rather than a manual detonator? If cell phones are regularly used as detonators, then I think the military just found a way to prevent attacks....send out a SMS spam to all cell numbers every few minutes.

Would-be bombers tend to "chicken-out" at the last minute. The controller usually has a cell phone and calls the detonator number from a safe distance.

This is why you never buy from ACME.

is this ATS? why are we so quick to believe all of a sudden despite the glaring inconsistencies in the OP's source? so if you were one of those involved in the investigation, how would you know about the cellphone having recieved an sms that triggered the explosion? is the cellphone still intact?

next, ask yourself. why are they telling us this?

Its a great story, but I have to wonder how they actually knew that a SMS message triggered this? Sounds like pure speculation or totally made up.

I remember the story. The cell phones company could track messages sent and delivered.
The phone itself was taken out. Remember, this is Russia we're talking about. They may have a differrent policy on privacy rights.

so, if i'm in Russia and i smash my phone after receiving an sms message from my provider, they'll be able to confirm that my phone has been smashed after receiving their message? coz that's basically what happens when you explode an ied using a cellphone as detonator.

Originally posted by toreishi


so, if i'm in Russia and i smash my phone after receiving an sms message from my provider, they'll be able to confirm that my phone has been smashed after receiving their message? coz that's basically what happens when you explode an ied using a cellphone as detonator.

If it has GPS, then maybe. Though the SIMS card could have survived, and from that, they could have traced the phone, it's messages, its content.

How did they know it was set off by a text?

The KGB sent it. Are you guys forgetting that cell phones can be listened to even when turned off ?

'OK were all set...we leave in 5 minutes..."HAPPY NEW YEAR"'

and the SIM card might have been smashed as well, it could go either way. you're all free to believe what you want and i'll be the first to admit that i can be wrong on this but seeing as the article doesn't mention the SIM card specifically then i'm more of a mind to believe that the objective of the said article is to give second thoughts to anyone thinking about using a cellphone as a detonator to an IED.

or it could just be a case of sloppy journalism and stuff lost in translation.