Iraq net shutdown temporarily

Sun Jan 12 22:02:40 UTC 2003

So who's up for adding the military in to spews:).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Donelan" <sean at donelan.com>
To: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 12:46 PM
Subject: Iraq net shutdown temporarily

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> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/12/MN125083.DTL
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> Baghdad -- Apparently in response to a blanket e-mail campaign by the U.S.
> military urging dissent and defections, the Iraqi government shut down --
> at least temporarily -- all Internet access and the country's two e-mail
> servers.
>
> Although no official explanation was given, e-mail service stopped
> midafternoon on Friday. Some service was resumed Saturday morning.
>
>