Iraq net shutdown temporarily

Sun Jan 12 22:03:10 UTC 2003

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Scott Granados wrote:

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

Did someone get a abuse complaint from Iraq?

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> ----- 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
>
>
> >
> > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/12/MN125083.DTL
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
>