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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?"

7 of 410 comments (clear)

  1. One man's Troll is another man's treasure! by Sophrosyne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One man's Troll is another man's treasure!

  2. Who gives a stuff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean really, who actually gives a crap about "iraq's internet?"

  3. Pointless Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a pointless topic giving the present situation in Iraq, where is Taco? Someone smack him around a bit with a large Iraqi Trout.

  4. HAHAHA 0WN3D, B3330000TCH35!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "America now rules the world, either directly or by proxy; and there is nothing anyone can do about it."

  5. SmokingWeedLeadsToALow by ddriver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .iq

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    I found my inner child, then I got caught abusing it...
  6. MOD UP PARENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is anti-bush and therefore witty.

  7. yeah let's all mirror the old sites by thilmony · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We can get the content at www.archive.org, and mirror all their webserver content. We are such nice guys.

    Watch out for the pr0n popups I'll add to the stuff I mirror!

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    YES, there is a McDonald's in Hanoi Square.