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Rebuilding Iraq's Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the other-side-of-war dept.

Anselm writes "According to this article at Wired.com, "The war has left Iraq's Internet infrastructure in shambles. Now, a British ISP hopes to fund the reconstruction through sales of domain names ending in .iq." While I have no use for an IQ domain, the article does make me wonder: Should geeks around the world take the lead in getting Iraq back online?"

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  1. odd by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If the USA is "rebuilding" Iraq, shouldn't they be the ones funding the rebuilding of it's internet? Or is all the money simply going to go to rebuilding the oil wells?

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  2. Presumptions by Tailhook · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Concern for the fate of the Internet in Iraqi presumes that the place won't end up as another Muslim theocracy. It will, and you'll see about as much interest in things 20th century (other than weapons) from Iraq as you do from Iran.

    Let the UN try to build out Iraqi Internet. Frankly I have no hope for the place and I'd rather we just get out. That's what the Muslim world wants anyhow. They're already blowing themselves up in Baghdad and slicing apart their returning exiles, in a mosque, in a holy city. Who needs this?

    Lets get our POWs and leave. Screw finding WMD. The UN is a joke and trying to satisfy them with "proof" of WMD is pointless. Anything found will be discounted as American plants.

    Time to go.

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  3. Who cares? by coinreturn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I really don't give a flying f*** if Iraqis have internet access.