Protest to Libya after satellites jammed

David Hencke and Owen Gibson
Saturday December 3, 2005
The Guardian


British and US diplomats have protested to the Libyan government after two international satellites were illegally jammed, knocking off air dozens of TV and radio stations serving Britain and Europe and disrupting American diplomatic, military and FBI communications.

Among stations hit were digital broadcasts by Five, BBC World, CNN International, US sports channels, cable TV networks and 23 radio stations. According to an email sent by one of the satellite owners, Loral Skynet, the US state department said it "would take it into their own hands" unless the interference stopped.


Last night the Foreign Office confirmed it had raised the issue in talks between the British embassy in Tripoli and the Libyan government.
Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, said it was considering taking a complaint to the International Telecoms Union.

The jamming started on September 19 after the launch in London of a small British and Arab-owned commercial radio station broadcasting on human rights and freedom of speech issues to Libya.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/libya/story/0,14139,1656914,00.html

so they took it off the air...?

Don't like it, ban it.

were on his hit list not so long ago...

Libya can jam satellites.

with garbage and a strong signal. It's not rocket science, just something most good techs could rig up in a few days.

After all, in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, the US monopolized all satellite imagery, public and private, ostensibly to hide troop movements from the Iraqis. Or course, it also had the salutary effect of preventing anyone else from analyzing the situation in Iraq and drawing any conclusions contrary to the official story about Saddam Hussein and his alleged massive stockpiles of weapons.

Now we're getting all bent out of shape because of Libya allegedly jamming satellite signals? Hmmm.