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gobbo writes "The buzz amongst my Muslim acquaintances is that the al-Jazeera site is under "cyber-attack." Shortly after posting photos of mangled Iraqi children the server became unavailable. I don't have satellite TV to see if they are reporting anything on al-Jazeera itself, but pinging their name servers fails too. For those who don't already know, the al-Jazeera channel is a pan-Arabic satellite TV channel out of Qatar." While I am certain many h4x0rs are political, I can't help thinking that script kiddies are like moths to the flame of rising page views. (this was initially posted incorrectly, and has been moved to the proper date)
Re:First Post?!? (Score:2, Funny)
Fox News (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unfortunate timing... (Score:3, Funny)
Then again, what media is?
Re:First Post?!? (Score:5, Funny)
I guess the extra traffic couldn't help the situation.
Oh, too bad...
Re:Weird (Score:2, Funny)
A juicy quote (emphasis mine):
Prisoners of war shall be allowed to receive by post or by any other means individual parcels or collective shipments containing, in particular, foodstuffs, clothing, medical supplies and articles of a religious, educational or recreational character which may meet their needs, including books, devotional articles, scientific equipment, examination papers, musical instruments, sports outfits and materials allowing prisoners of war to pursue their studies or their cultural activities.
Fact: The pusuit of soldiers is to hone their fighting skills.
Fact: Prisoners of war are mostly soldiers.
Fact: Soldiers use guns in the pursuit of their studies.
Therefore: Prisoners of war are allowed to be shipped weapons by the opposing army.
Does the US allow this? Did the US allow even the Taliban to practice their kill-all-Americans religion while being POWs? Does the US allow Iraqi soldiers scientific equipment so that they might recreationally enjoy their studies of arms? Hell, does the US even allow POWs to receive and read books on bomb making?
Didn't think so.
The Geneva Convention is so screwed up for some reason someone saw it fit to mention "Sports Outfits" specially, despite the fact that clothing is already covered -- as if the POWs are going to be participating in the olympics or something.
What's good for the goose is definately good for the gander. Not that I expect Iraq is any better in this regard, but please, spare me the hypocrisy.
Not Weird (Score:3, Funny)
CNN is an American company. I'm an American. I don't want to see negative stories about my country. If they show me negative stories, I might change the channel. CNN knows this. CNN's advertiser's know this.
Does CNN broadcast biased stories? Probably Not.
Is CNN biased in its choice of stories? Definitely Yes.
People are missing the best application of this (Score:3, Funny)
5p3111n6 (Score:2, Funny)
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Translation for the lazy: You might want to check the spelling. I think there's an extra 3(e) in the title.