Liberty Star
12-28-2007, 09:36 PM
One of the reasons being that cell phone calls are cheap there, according to this:
Bhutto Conspiracy Theories Fill the Air
Friday, Dec. 28, 2007 By SIMON ROBINSON/LAHORE
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0712/pakistan_rumors_1228.jpg
If you believe the rumors that zip around Pakistan in the aftermath of one of the country's depressingly regular outbreaks of violence, it's all America's fault. Or India's. Or Israel's. Or it's those Afghan-based militia who keep sneaking across the border. Fueled by cheap cell phone calls and the rise of 24-hour television news channels, gossip about who is to blame for Pakistan's woes runs from the reasonable to the ridiculous.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698828,00.html
Bhutto Conspiracy Theories Fill the Air
Friday, Dec. 28, 2007 By SIMON ROBINSON/LAHORE
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0712/pakistan_rumors_1228.jpg
If you believe the rumors that zip around Pakistan in the aftermath of one of the country's depressingly regular outbreaks of violence, it's all America's fault. Or India's. Or Israel's. Or it's those Afghan-based militia who keep sneaking across the border. Fueled by cheap cell phone calls and the rise of 24-hour television news channels, gossip about who is to blame for Pakistan's woes runs from the reasonable to the ridiculous.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698828,00.html