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CIA Factbook Iraq 2002
Telephones - main lines in use: 675,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
Telephone system: general assessment: reconstitution of damaged telecommunication facilities began after the Gulf war; most damaged facilities have been rebuilt
domestic: the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational
Radio broadcast stations: AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios: 4.85 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 13 (1997)
Televisions: 1.75 million (1997)
Internet country code: .iq
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 12,500 (2001)
Links
Network Reliability
Iraq War and Information Security F-Secure
Keynote Iraq War Internet Performance Reports
Internet Traffic Report
Matrix ISP Rating
Internet Weather Report
Internet Health Report (Keynote)
News Websites
Babil Online Iraqi newspaper website run by Saddam Hussein's son Uday (still operational April 15, 2003)
Baghdadlink.net Website of Iraqi government
Warkaa.net domain name of Iraqi government
Al Jazeera website
reportedly the Al Jazeera website is hosted by NavLink in France. Pro-U.S. message replaces Aljazeera.net CNET Mar 27, 2003
Saddam's televised tour of Baghdad Windows Streaming Media
Iraq Body Count
Blogs
Blogging the War: A Guide Wash Post
LT-Smash Blog
Where is Raed (offering description of last updated March 24, 2003 - reports from an Iraqi from the suburbs of Baghdad) The Guardian: On Salam Pax's Blog Circulars March 25, 2003
Abu Aardvark
BBC Reporters' Log: War in Iraq
Iraq ISPs
Warkaa
Uruklink.net http://62.145.94.111/
dot IQ ccTLD
Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo, Slashdot 9/12/2005
Iraq seeks '.IQ' domain to make its mark on Net, USA Today 6/4/2004
Committee for Information Technology Reconstruction in Iraq
Slashdot rabble on the subject
.IQ IANA WHOIS
Elashi inditement
Traacking of the .IQ domain
Iraq Goes Offline, Salon March 31
Iraqi National Congress (opposition to Saddam)
Voices in the Wilderness (campaign to end economic sanctions against Iraq)
The Iraqi Internet, Rado Netherlands, April 15, 2003
Global Diffusion of Internet: Iraq: 1998
News
Internet use spreading throughout Iraq, USA Today 11/15/2005
Web site to be Iraq's first independent news service, IHT 7/19/2005
Iraqis seek self-rule on the net, BBC 6/29/2004
U.S. can't block coffin photos, Newsday 4/27/2004
Pentagon Ban on Pictures of Dead Troops Is Broken, NYTimes 4/23/2004
Internet cafe clicks with troops in Tikrit, CNN 12/5/2003
Al-Jazeera hacker sentenced, CNET 11/14/2003
Iraq awards mobile licences, BBC 10/6/03
Iraq goes with GSM, USA Today 10/6/03
Calling Baghdad, USA Today 9/29/03
Iraq request includes $2 billion for IT, FCW 9/24/03
Al-Jazeera relaunches English Web site, CNN 9/2/03
Iraq mobile-phone bids under review, RCR 9/2/03
Tight rules for Iraq mobile bids, BBC 8/4/03
First Internet Café in Iraq to use Inmarsat's Regional BGAN, AME 7/30/03
Iraqis Log On to Voice Chat, Wired 7/28/03
Phone services spring up in Iraq, BBC 7/25/03
Iraq back on the Net, Radio Netherlands 7/25/03
In Baghdad, cell phones spring to life, MSNBC 7/23/03
US Company Provides Telephone, E-Mail, Internet in Baghdad, PRNewswire 7/23/03
Iraqi telecoms bid by Batelco, Gulf News 7/23/03
Mobile networks launched in Baghdad, Daily News 7/23/03
Bechtel gets $45 million for Iraq communications, MSNBC 7/14/03
Hold the phone in Iraq, USA Today 7/11/03
GSM vendor sets up office in Iraq, Cellular News 6/24/03
The net war that routed Iraq, Australia IT 6/20/03
Google gag becomes big hit: No Weapons of Mass Destruction Here, CNN 7/16/03
Iraq virtual archive planned, BBC 6/2/03
Iraqis scramble to restore Internet, CNN 6/2/03
Al-Jazeera hacker pleads guilty, BBC 6/16/03
Al-Jazeera Cracker Charged, Register 6/12/03
Al-Jazeera hack solved, USA Today 6/12/03
Iraqis Scramble To Restore Internet, MSNBC 5/28/03
The net war that routed Iraq, Australia IT 6/20/03
Western Union has eye on Iraq, Rocky Mountain News 6/19/03
Internet cafes springing up in Iraq, Mercury 6/19/03
Egypt's OT to bid for Iraq GSM license, Middle East Online 6/19/03
Satellite Telephones Assist in Rebuilding of Iraq, PRNewswire 6/19/03
Iraq to open up airwaves, BBC 6/19/03
US bypasses Qualcomm's technology for Iraq, North County Times 6/19/03
U.S. calls for GSM on Iraq airwaves, CNET 6/16/03
Iraq a no-phone zone, USA Today 6/16/03
Iraqis Scramble To Restore Internet, MSNBC 5/28/03
The Iraqi Internet, Radio Netherlands 4/17/03
Battlefield Internet Gets First War Use, MSNBC 4/17/03
On the Ground in Iraq, the Best Compass Is in the Sky, NYT 4/17/03
Iraqi's Road Home, by Way of the Web, NYT 4/17/03
Saddam Hussein becomes unlikely internet celebrity, BBC 4/14/03
Missing Iraqi Minister Now Cult Figure, ABC 4/14/03
Iraqi minister fan site gets too popular, CNN 4/14/03
Iraqi minister fan site gets too popular, CNN 4/14/03
Wacky Iraqi Minister a Web Star, Wired 4/13/03
'Comical Ali' is Iraq's star, News24 4/13/03
Saddam curios for sale online, BBC 4/11/03
Arab Web Sites Bemoan Iraq 'Occupation', ABC 4/11/03
Iraq war swamps the web, BBC 4/11/03
Saddam Thrives on EBay, BBC 4/11/03
Iraqi minister becomes Net star, CNET 4/11/03
DARPA picks BAE to lead 'WolfPack', FCW 4/11/03
Web Site for Iraqi Minister Rocks Cyberspace, Reuters 4/11/03
U.S. Behind Schedule in Iraqi TV Block, ABC 4/9/03
US turns to net for war updates, BBC 4/9/03
Iraq, its domain and the 'terrorist-funding' owner, Register 4/9/03
War Sparks Flood of Spam, Wash Post 4/9/03
The Data Gaps of Digital Warfare, BWO 4/8/03
War sparks Web censorship debate, CNET 4/8/03
Germany restricts game it says glorifies war, CNET 4/8/03
Antiwar hacker strikes the U.S. Navy, CNET 4/8/03
Antiwar protesters join 'virtual march', CNET 4/8/03
Fighting cyberterrorism in wartime, CNET 4/8/03
Akamai ends Al-Jazeera server support, CNET 4/7/03
War, disease drive up conferencing, CNET 4/7/03
How the web makes 'desk-chair generals' of us all, BBC 4/7/03
Keeping in Touch Virtually, ABC 4/4/03
Al-Jazeera site tackles hackers, BBC 4/4/03
Al-Jazeera site tackles hackers, BBC 4/1/03
Soldier 'bloggers' report from war, CNN 4/1/03
Hackers plan attacks to protest war, MSNBC 4/1/03
Hack Attack on Al-Jazeera Raises Questions, Newsfactor 4/1/03
Hackers Condemn Arab Site Hack, Wired 4/1/03
Hackers cripple al-Jazeera sites, BBC 3/28/03
Anti-war hacking rises sharply, BBC 3/28/03
Commuters hack wireless networks, BBC 3/28/03
Al-Jazeera Web site hacked, CNN 3/28/03
Anti-war protesters go digita, CNN 3/28/03
Web gamblers wager on Saddam's future, CNN 3/28/03
Iraq War Sparks Tit-For- Tat Hacker Attacks, Excite 3/28/03
A personal account of Baghdad under attack, Bankok 3/28/03
A 'blog' goes silent, and world holds its breath, Mercury 3/28/03
Net users focus on war news, NWFusion 3/28/03
Al-Jazeera domain hijacked, NWFusion 3/28/03
Iraq War Sparks Tit-For-Tat Hacker Attacks, Reuters 3/28/03
Al-Qaeda, Alaska, USA Today 3/28/03
Iraqi Dead Counted, Not Forgotten, Wired 3/28/03
Hackers Beat Up on Al-Jazeera, Wired 3/28/03
Anti-war hacking rises dramatically, BBC 3/24/03
Life in Baghdad via the web, BBC 3/24/03
Swedes nab Ganda worm suspect, CNET 3/24/03
Al Jazeera launches English service, MSNBC 3/24/03
Al-Jazeera's site crashes after 1 day, Mercury 3/24/03
Study: War Shouldn't Mean Less IT Spending, CMP 3/24/03
Germany restricts game it says glorifies war, NYT 3/24/03
Rocker Kravitz Releases Peace Song with Iraqi Star, Reuters 3/24/03
Iraqi Uses Web to Chronicle a City Under the Bombs, Reuters 3/24/03
Iraq virus writer pleads for a better education, Sophos 3/21/03
Virus Capitalizes On Iraq War Interest, Internetweek 3/21/03
War Ousts Sex and Britney in Internet Searches, Reuters 3/21/03
Israel warns Web sites on war coverage, CNET 3/21/03
Cyberspace an Invisible Front in War on Terrorism, Newsfactor 3/21/03
Iraq conflict hits websites hard, BBC 3/21/03
E-mail virus exploits war interest, BBC 3/21/03
Phone, TV, Net, still working inside Iraq, MSNBC 3/21/03
War Prompts Digital Mayhem, Wash Post 3/21/03
War briefly draws traffic to news sites, CNET 4/28/03
E-mail spoofers target Arab activists, MSNBC 4/21/03
Internet: Pew Internet Survey Finds Americans Look Online for Breaking News on the Iraq War, ITAA 4/17/03
ABCNews: Arab Web Sites Plagued by Attacks, ABC 4/17/03
Iraq virus writer pleads for a better education, Sophos 3/21/03
Virus Capitalizes On Iraq War Interest, Internetweek 3/21/03
War Ousts Sex and Britney in Internet Searches, Reuters 3/21/03
Israel warns Web sites on war coverage, CNET 3/21/03
Cyberspace an Invisible Front in War on Terrorism, Newsfactor 3/21/03
Iraq conflict hits websites hard, BBC 3/21/03
E-mail virus exploits war interest, BBC 3/21/03
Phone, TV, Net, still working inside Iraq, MSNBC 3/21/03
War Prompts Digital Mayhem, Wash Post 3/21/03
U.S. Forces Counting on High-Tech Tools, ABC 3/19/03
War in Real Time, ABC 3/19/03
The Technological Advantage, Wash Post 3/19/03
Iraq war could herald a new age of Web-based news coverage, USA Today 3/19/03
E-mail boosts military morale, but some fear risks, MSNBC 3/17/03
Cyber terrorism 'overhyped', BBC 3/14/03
Military to Clamp Down on E-Mail, NYT 3/12/03
Antiwar Song, With Whimsy, NYT 3/12/03
Unleashing the dogs of cyber-war on Iraq!, Salon 3/5/03
Fierce cyber war predicted, CNN 3/5/03
'Virtual' War Protest Ties Up Senate Phones, Reuters 2/26/03
An Antiwar Demonstration That Does Not Take to the Streets, NYT 2/26/03
Firing Leaflets and Electrons, U.S. Wages Information War, NYT 2/24/03
Reuters to stream video of Iraq conflict, CNET 3/19/03
US.mil launches Operation Desert Spam, Register 1/27/03
DOD Confirms Iraq E-mail Campaign, FCW 1/17/03
US Hackers Told To Leave Iraq Alone, BBC 2/14/03
Pro-Islamic Hackers Gear Up For Cyber War Reuters 10/30/02
Ebomb may see first use in Iraq, Escientist 8/9/02
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