lent's Journal: U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones [and find Saddam's Son!]

A new slant on U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones. In Sources: CIA Tips Prompted Bomb Attack, we discover

An intelligence source said Qusay, Hussein's heir apparent, had been directing Baghdad's defense with a Thuraya satellite cell phone that uses the global positioning system and whose location therefore can be pinpointed. Two weeks ago, Central Command ordered reporters traveling with troops to stop using their Thurayas because Iraq could monitor U.S. troop locations, the reporters were told. , "That's not why they [Central Command] did it," said the intelligence source. "They wanted to unclutter the frequency band so they could listen more clearly to the regime talking." One of the most communicative users of the Thuraya, he said, was Qusay.

Interestingly, the phone manufacturer Thuraya has right on its front page:

Thuraya Reaffirms the Security of Thuraya Satellite Phone System...

unless, of course, Central Command is after you...