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Sysadmins Restore Iraqi ISP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-one-for-the-team dept.

Hen3ry writes "Brian McWilliams of Wired News reports on the dedicated staff of Iraq's State Company for Internet Services, or SCIS, and how they built, maintained, and rebuilt Internet access before, during, and after the war. Ba'ath Party loyalists still run SCIS but their dedicated employees continue to press on. Fascinating stuff about how one sysadmin managed to keep the country online up until a US missle struck the roof of the Ministry of Information building."

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  1. Re:yeah by mrbrown1602 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uh... if you actually read the article, this wasn't sanctioned or supported by the U.S. government, who is attempting to get law and order in Baghdad. These were just a couple of sysadmins who worked for the Hussein government who have been working (sucessfully) to get the state-run ISP back online.

  2. Re:How did they get the gear? by IdleLay · · Score: 2, Informative

    "No one bitches about the people who broke the UN embargo and thumbed thier noses at International Law." You might want to try and get your news some some other sources other FOX. Lot's of people bitched about it! Companies were prosecuted for these trades. Where is this "smonking guns"? People actually died during this war from both side.

  3. Re:yeah by bj8rn · · Score: 3, Informative

    Uruk was the first major city in Sumer and the home of the legendary hero Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh built the city walls and the Eanna temple complex (dedicated to Ishtar, the goddess of love). There was a ziggurat in the temple complex - I wonder if the name Uruklink has anything to do with this, as the ziggurat was considered a link between Heaven and Earth.

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    Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
  4. Re:We "liberated" the Iraqis... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you'd read the article you'd see that:

    "Unlike in the past, SCIS now allows customers to use online chat services, and doesn't block any Web destinations aside from pornography sites."

    So no pr0n for the Iraqis. They'll just have to settle for racy movies from Bollywood.