The US military is banning journalists travelling with army and marine units from using certain kinds of satellite phones, claiming that they’re a security risk:
“Officers have ordered me to hand my phone in and I am giving it to one of the officers,” correspondent Matthew Green said. Other journalists travelling with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were also having phones taken, he said. “They say it’s for security, that the Iraqis can use it to triangulate the signal and fire missiles,” Green said.
