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FC: Al-Jazeera, Iraqi government websites encounter problems
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:48:37 -0500
--- From: "Brian Durham" To: <declan () well com> Subject: uruklink.net domain hijacked Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:31:58 -0600 Declan: It looks like someone has hijacked the Iraqi uruklink.net domain (or it's been hacked - can't tell). Here's a quote from the page: "Hacked, tracked, and NOW owned by the U.S.A." The page now gets redirected to http://www.itshappening.com/index_three.html Please delete my email if you publish this. Best, Brian Durham --- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:05:07 -0500 From: Dixieland <dixieland () snip net> Subject: Al-Jazeera link to US down? To: declan () well com in the past few days, i've found it harder and harder to view the pages on Al-Jazeera's web site. I cannot read arabic but i've been checking back frequently lately for images of the war (which our government is censoring from US media broadcasts) and also because the Quatar-based news organization had stated a goal of getting an English translation of their site operational by the end of the month. today the site (al-jazeera.net) appears offline completely. the web feed of their broadcast channel by the german site ish.de is still operational, however. is anyone else having difficulty with war-related web sites that operate outside of the control of the mainstream powers? for a while yesterday cursor.org was down, it's up now but there was no explanation given. August J Pollak's political weblog, xoverboard.com, went down this weekend and no one was reachable at his hosting company for some time. perhaps it's just me being extra suspicious during a time of conflict, but since major media outlets are of no use to us when it comes to following the battles i get very wary of independent media centers going mysteriously offline. keep up the wonderful work, - Brian --- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:08:07 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: English Al-Jazeera Website Hacked English Al-Jazeera Website Hacked (Politics Tuesday) http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58200,00.html/wn_ascii Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera launched an English-language website Monday. On Tuesday, its Web host says it was hit with a denial- of-service attack, but an Al-Jazeera representative blames the problem on unexpectedly high traffic. --- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:26:58 -0300 From: Fernando Cassia <fcassia () compuserve com> To: declan () well comSubject: [MediaGuardian.co.uk: Europeans flock to Al-Jazeera] / Al Jazeera banned
from NYSE... MediaGuardian.co.uk: Tuesday March 25, 2003 "Europeans flock to Al Jazeera" The Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera has seen its European subscriber n mbers double since the start of the war in Iraq amid huge demand for an alternative to western media coverage. The broadcaster said it has signed up 4 million new subscribers in Europe since last Wednesday, doubling its viewership on the continent. http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,921693,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (I guess pro-war, Bush lap dog Lou Dobbs is what NYSE calls a "responsible reporter...") NY stock exchange bans Arab TV network http://media.guardian.co.uk/iraqandthemedia/story/0,12823,921504,00.html --- Reply-To: <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au> From: "Nathan Cochrane" <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au> To: <declan () well com> Subject: RE: YellowTimes.org web site shut down for photo of US POW Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:17:42 +1100 Hi Declan So it's ok to do it (kill Iraqi children and send troops into a warzone) but it's not ok to see it? Good to see Canada is still a shining example of what a Western liberal democracy should be. And how many US commercial outlets have shown these uncensored images, I wonder? FWIW The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has an item on their Foreign Correspondent current affairs website about victimisation of Arab-Americans in the US. I saw it last night and it was an eye-opener. Did you know that George Bush owes his reelection to the very people his administration is now profiling and victimising? A pertinent stat from the report was that most of the 3 million Arab-Americans are christian, not muslim. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories/s811501.htm There is also a piece on Al Jazeera, the independent Arab equivalent of CNN. Whatever may be said of Al Jazeera, they have not done any worse in covering this "war" than the American channels. They are likely more independent of governments in their region than the likes of CNN and the commercial networks and newspapers. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories/s811500.htm cheers Nathan --- From: Paul Mobbs <mobbsey () gn apc org> To: mobbsey () gn apc org Subject: Iraq online protest enters 2nd week -- PLEASE JOIN! Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:51:21 +0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 #### Update on the electrohippie Iraq War online protest #### **** please forward freely !! **** Website: http://www.fraw.org.uk/ehippies/ Headline: Downing Street web site went down at height of protests last Saturday! THE ACTION CONTINUES, AND WE ASK THAT PEOPLE STILL TAKE PART REGULARLY, AND THAT THEY ENCOURAGE AS MANY OF THEIR FRIENDS TO DO SO AS POSSIBLE. ## What's happened over the last 7 days: ## This is an update on the electrohippie collective's online protest action. the electrohippies online sit-in will be so for the foreseeable future. We've no firm idea yet, but it will certainly continue until fighting stops. We've had one report that the 10 Downing Street web site was down on Saturday 22nd March, in the evening (UK time). This co-incides with a high level fo use (usage for each day sown below). There's more about this on Indymedia at: http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=59053&group=webcast There have been no reports relating to the Whitehouse site -- this is not unexpected given the capacity of that site. The daily hits for the entire Free Range Activism web site (the only usage data we currently have) on 26th March were over 10,000. Currently they have dropped back to 7,000 to 8,000. we hope that people are able to spare time over the coming week or so to try and beat last Saturday's figure. Total hits for the FRAW site on each day over the last week were (date/hits): 19th - 3,858; 20th - 5,359; 21st - 5,284; 22nd - 7,191; 23rd - 10,440; 24th - 8,775; 25th - 7,819. Also, there have so far there have been over 1,100 requests for the 'Iraq distribution' page -- a page of contact details for people to complain about the conduct of the war. You can reach this page from the link near the top of the index page on the electrohippie web site. On Wednesday 26th March a modified version of the web tool was uploaded to the action site. This 'time slices' people's sit-in efforts between the Whitehouse and the Downing Street web sites. On the assumption that many people keep their clock within about 1 minute of the correct time, the web page now switches the load between the two web sites every two minutes (you may notice the difference if you used the tool during the previous week. ## Where next: ## To help increase the pressure on Bush and Blair's web site we ask that people try and use the action tools at similar times (tricky, because of time differences). If at all possible, try and use them between the following three time intervals each day (all times are local times): UK/Ireland/W. Africa - 07.3010.30, 13.0017.00 and 21.0001.00 Central Europe - 08.3011.30, 14.0018.00 and 22.0002.00 East. Europe/C. Africa - 10.0013.00, 15.3019.30 and 23.3003.30 Middle East/E. Africa - 00.3004.30, 11.0015.00, and 16.3020.30 Indian subcontinent -` 02.3006.30, 13.0017.00, and 18.3022.30 Asia/Far East - 05.3009.30, 16.0020.00, and 21.3001.30 Japan/Australia - 06.3010.30, 17.0021.00, and 22.3002.30 West. US & Canada - 05.0009.00, 13.0017.00, and 23.3003.30 Mid US &Canada - 01.0005.00, 06.3010.30, and 14.3018.30 E. US & Can., S. Am. - 03.0007.00, 08.3012.30, and 16.3020.30 If your use strays outside these times, don't worry. As long as you use the tools for a large part of these time periods it will help make the action more successful. the electrohippie collective March 26th, 2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+gi7ptEaNwM05jx0RAkE1AJ9prCxXU/KiT1D8qsE+zBBgwDH1uACfUt9R a+9pQ02diaHNADGK5Rm/t9Y= =ckTu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH evening reception in New York City at 7 pm, April 1, 2003 at CFP: http://www.politechbot.com/events/cfp2003/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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