Friday, 28. March 2003

Islamic group promotes al-Qaida from Homer Web site


HACKERS: Center for Islamic Studies and Research uses teen's Internet bulletin board. A friendly Internet bulletin board run by an Anchor Point high school student morphed last weekend into a worldwide al-Qaida propaganda outpost calling for attacks on the United States in response to the war on Iraq.

The Web site was hacked into by a radical Islamic group that has been moving its Internet site regularly for at least a year. More than 1,000 people used the portal to check al-Qaida's latest views on the war. By Tuesday morning, the alien information had been removed, presumably to nest again in a few weeks on someone else's server.

¬> Anchorage Daily News

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96-year-old Woman Celebrates 101st Grandchild


Angeline DuRussel is celebrating the recent birth of a great-grandchild -- her 100th. DuRussel, who has 12 children and 59 grandchildren, says having another great-grandchild is "just wonderful." Vincent DuRussel was born in January.

¬> abc

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When are facts facts? Not in a war


"Fog" is beginning to be the watchword of this war, with the lines between fact and propaganda being blurred on a daily basis.

The demands of round-the-clock news means military claims are being relayed instantly to millions without being confirmed or verified only to be refuted later by reporters on the ground or by fresh military updates.

¬> Guardian

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Iraq’s WMD: How Big a Threat? -= LSD =-


He added that Iraq's exotic weapons programs also involved the use of psycho-tropic agents similar to LSD. “They were not meant to kill, just incapacitate, confuse,” says the inspector. This had been designed, he says, as a means to fight off rag-tag Iranian forces in the late 1980’s during the long war between Baghdad and Tehran. The other WMD weapons Iraq may still have were initially designed to “fight off Iranian human wave attacks, they really weren't meant against a force like the U.S. military.”

¬> Time

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10-year-old charged in brutal slaying of toddler


A 10-year-old boy was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly luring a 3-year-old boy out of a library, beating him with a baseball bat, sexually assaulting him and dumping him in a ditch.

The charges were filed a day after Amir Beeks was attacked and hours after he died. The 10-year-old, who was not identified by authorities, was charged with murder, felony murder, kidnapping, illegal weapons possession and aggravated sexual assault.

¬> sacbee

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What Is Really Happening in Iraq?


The Americans and their faithful allies, the British, are committing war crimes, attacking a sovereign state outside the auspices of the UNO. Since there have been civilian casualties, these are war crimes by definition.

But aren’t they helping the people by freeing Iraq? Freeing Iraq, under whose authority? How do you explain the fact that the Shi’ite south, which was supposed to welcome the “liberators” with open arms, has not risen up against the regime?

¬> Pravda

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I was a naive fool to be a human shield for Saddam


I wanted to join the human shields in Baghdad because was direct action which had a chance of bringing the anti-war movement to the forefront of world attention. It was inspiring: the human shield volunteers were making a sacrifice for their political views - much more of a personal investment than going to a demonstration in Washington or London. It was simple - you get on the bus and you represent yourself.

¬> DAILY TELEGRAPH

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U.S. Ambassador Leaves Iraq War Debate


The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations walked out of a debate on the Iraqi war Thursday after Iraq (news - web sites)'s ambassador accused the United States of trying to exterminate the Iraqi people. "I did sit through quite a long part of what he had to say but I'd heard enough," U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said.

¬> AP

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H4x0rs Al-Jazeera Web site hacked again


Hackers on Thursday replaced the English-language Web site for Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera with a U.S. flag and the message "Let Freedom Ring." Hours later, the site was hacked again by others.

Hackers calling themselves the "Freedom Cyber Force Militia" earlier hijacked Internet traffic destined for Al-Jazeera's Web site and redirected it to a different Web page on computers operated by Networld Connections Inc., an Internet provider in Salt Lake City. That site was shut down hours later.

¬> AP ¬> cnews ¬> Forbes ¬> SFGate ¬> abc ¬> Wired
¬> BBC ¬> old h4ck

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Project YS-2
Build a silent computer


I want to watch movies and listen to music on my computer, but my noisy, overclocked, highly cooled rig drowns out my speakers.

There's no reason I can't have a silent PC. Many companies make good, quiet products, from silent CPU coolers to whisper-quiet case fans. On today's show I build a silent computer case with a bunch of these products.

¬> Tech TV

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Welcome to Jody Eldred Productions
TV crew in Kuwait


You're among the first lucky viewers to this new primitive website! Yee-ha!

¬> Kuwait photos

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