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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. US missile struck the Ministry of Information? by thelenm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not according to Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf! No American missile has struck the Ministry of Information building. Never!! We have mercilessly slaughtered all US missiles with shovels. Do not in fact repeat their lies! Lying is not allowed in Iraq, so do not believe this dwarf Bush's forked snake tongue. Their silly missiles are committing suicide on the walls of Baghdad. We will drink American blood!!

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  2. Re:The sweet taste of oil by Talking+Goat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did I just say that? Sorry, heh.

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  3. Re:Not to treat the story seriously, or anything.. by pnatural · · Score: 1, Troll

    in the interest of balancing out FoxNews' reporting

    So if you're the balance for Fox, who is the balance for CNN?

    You see, the success of Fox is directly tied to the rise of CNN and their particular flavor of the truth. Bemoan them all you want, but when you say that Fox needs a balance, instead of realizing that they are the balance, you come across like an idealogue.

  4. Re:yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    ... or supported by the U.S. government, who is attempting to get law and order in Baghdad ...

    The... U.S..... attempting to get .... law and order... HAHAHAHAA!! Oh, man, that's a good one.

    I think you meant to say "control of all the oil".

  5. Re:News flash by isorox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Expect stories about pro-microsoft and anti-open source site in iran within the next month!

  6. Re:yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, great job at restoring the order guys!!!

    Oh, and as of Thursday Iraq's only olympic size swimming pool is off limits to Iraqui citizens, it is only to be used by US military personnel. The Iraqui swimming team has to practice in the Tigris!!!!

    Great liberation job guys, now Iraquis are foreigners in their own land. Oh, and those pesky WMDs, ooopsie my bad we did not find them, no hard feelings, sorry we killed your family little Mohamed, here is some candy. Don;t you know we are the US of A, we are doing this for your own good. And of course to keep our great leader's approval ratings up and up and up.

    Little Mohamed is going to grow up very pissed off, god help us because we just created Bin Laden's wet dream. Congratulations....