[54673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Iraq net shutdown temporarily
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sun Jan 12 15:46:52 2003
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:46:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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.
