Denmark Investigates Alleged Phone Calls From Iraq Insurgents

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's military intelligence agency is investigating whether Iraqi insurgents have used mobile phone records to track down and threaten relatives of Danish soldiers deployed in Iraq, officials said yesterday.

Family members of several soldiers have told Danish press that they received threatening phone calls from unidentified callers in Iraq. The Iraqi callers may have tracked down the numbers by monitoring private phone calls made by the soldiers to their relatives in Denmark, according to the Danish Defense Intelligence Service.

"Right now, we're mapping the extent [of the threats], after which we will consider whether our guidelines to our staff and their families regarding the use of cell phones and e-mails should be revised," agency spokeswoman Mette Noehr said.