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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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