Another Reason Not to Drive While Using a Cell Phone

US forces are reported to have fired on a convoy of luxury vehicles in Iraq after detecting a satellite phone conversation coming from the convoy. According to the London Observer newspaper, U.S. forces initiated the attack, involving an undisclosed number of Hellfire missiles, following the interception of a satellite-telephone conversation involving either Saddam Hussein or his sons.

The convoy is believed to have been heading for the Syrian border and was targeted near the frontier town of Qaim.

This only goes to show how dangerous it can be to use a cell phone whilst driving."

Posted to the site on 23rd June 2003