turms 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Al-jazeera seems to be down,is it the heavy traffic there or the Usa cencoring by electronical warfare? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted March 25, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (turms @ Mar. 25 2003,08:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Al-jazeera seems to be down,is it the heavy traffic there or the Usa cencoring by electronical warfare?<span id='postcolor'> It's possible thatsome U.S. broadband sites may be overloading the feed. We can't say for sure. Certainly many independent viewers from around the world are simply trying to watch which could explain everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoCares 0 Posted March 25, 2003 There is a nice 4.3MB pdf summary about Iraq on globalsecurity.org, also including the military structure: Globalsecurity.org Iraq Country Handbook </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This handbook provides basic reference information on Iraq, including its geography, history, government, military forces, and communications and transportation networks. This information is intended to familiarize military personnel with local customs and area knowledge to assist them during their assignment to Iraq.<span id='postcolor'> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZIKAN 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Russian Information Agency Novosti, Good up to date Russian news site in English. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Al-Jazeera Web site hacked Hackers attacked the Web site of Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera on Tuesday, rendering it intermittently unavailable, the site's host said. The newly launched English-language page, which went live Monday, was hardest hit in a bombardment of data packets known as a denial-of-service attack. Ayman Arrashid, Internet system administrator at the Horizons Media and Information Services, the site's Web host, said the attack began Tuesday morning local time. The Web host is based in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The servers that host the Al-Jazeera site are in France and the United States. Only the U.S. servers were under attack, said Arrashid, so the attackers were likely in the United States. He said technicians were working to thwart the attack, but could not estimate when the site would be fully available again. Al-Jazeera, also based in Qatar, is an unusually independent and powerful voice in the Arab world whose broadcasts of U.S. prisoners and war dead has angered many Americans. The English site carries at least one picture of a dead U.S. soldier. Representatives of the broadcaster could not immediately be reached for comment. In denial-of-service attacks, hackers normally send a deluge of false requests to Web servers, overloading them and making them unavailable to surfers. Associated Press -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSO_brent 0 Posted March 25, 2003 middle east news and information gateway Albawaba.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted March 25, 2003 I`m attracted to satellite maps, now I know that for sure. Can anyone please give me more links for satellite maps showing regions all over the world. High Res please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic 0 Posted March 25, 2003 http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=earthviewer Earthviewer - "3-D Globe/Satellite Viewer" - Program Im sure a lot of you may already know about this program (Earthviewer). I had a chance to try it for a while (you get a 30 day trial) and thought it was pretty sweet. Its a program that lets you look a satellite photos all put together to make a "3-d globe". It seems to be a little limited however on what you can see (some areas are blacked out)..and im not sure how up to date the photos are but its very cool anyways. The link takes you to where you can download it. I also thought this may be good for you FallenPaladin...since you wanted photos from all around the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted March 26, 2003 This site provides very good tactical coverage and honest interpretation. Translated from Russian to English. http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted March 29, 2003 Where can I find gun camera footage? I'm looking for that shot of the tank hiding under the bridge. I'm sure you all know what I mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted March 29, 2003 Just a small follow up on Al Jazeera NavLink has confirmed to MyDomain that it has regained access to the account at Network Solutions and changed the nameservers back to the correct settings. The nameserver changes typically take between 24 and 72 hours to propagate on the Internet. The hacker changed the Web sites nameservers to point to MyDomain nameservers and erected a page displaying the American flag. How cute Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted March 29, 2003 Okay here is a source of news I just stumbled upon, it may or may not be objective. http://www.robert-fisk.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted March 29, 2003 Seems kinda biased to me at first glance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 29, 2003 Robert Fisk is one of my favourite reporters. Why? His picture of the Kosovo war matches perfectly with mine, so I trust his reporting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted March 29, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ Mar. 29 2003,14:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Robert Fisk is one of my favourite reporters. Why? His picture of the Kosovo war matches perfectly with mine, so I trust his reporting.<span id='postcolor'> So it's biased then? j/k Anybody know where I can find gun camera footage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 29, 2003 please take a note that the infamous C-130 gunship video is considered unacceptable on this forum. deducing from it, some videos would be inappropriate. this thread is more about posting internet sources where we can get updated news, not about being a directory to find some extreme images/movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted April 3, 2003 It would seem that Aljazeera has been up for two or so days now. (website) But now suddenly many users are getting access denied errors to english.aljazeera.net. Due to blocking. A fitting comment from someone if I may: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">by jack Monday March 31, 2003 at 07:53 AM It is shame that the so called civilised world could be curtailng the freedom of press <span id='postcolor'> This is pretty bad news what some (presumably) American hacker pulled off. We don't get a good balance of news from both sides with Aljazeera cripled. I remember their video stream was quite good until this. They are however taking their news to mobile phones, you may wish to look into that. A mirror of al-Jazeera english website before it was taken down by someone against this freedom: english.aljazeera.freedom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turms 0 Posted April 3, 2003 al-jazeera site in english is back up running in edit: apparently it wasnt the real al-Jazeera site,my mistake hmmm is that al-jazeera,or al-jazeeraH,i wonder if its the same? if its not the true al-jazeera,mods feel free to remove the link,im going to sleep now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted April 3, 2003 This organization has some excellent up to date satellite images of Baghdad, 1m resolution, but NOT free. Space Imaging® www.sieurasia.com By up to date I mean you can see which places were hit etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted April 4, 2003 Anyone know where I can download MPEG or Quicktime movies of combat action from this war? Sick of streaming videos you have to reload everytime! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy 0 Posted April 8, 2003 http://tv4all.com/portal.htm or www.tvforall.com Look on the right side for the link 'baghdad cam 1,2,3,4. I like cam 4, shows alot of action Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Epita 0 Posted April 15, 2003 I have allways reffered to BBC world whilst traveling around the world. good news, ok footage and some good reports from John simpson and Ragi Omar Epita Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted May 23, 2003 Do we really need this thread any more? Most of these feeds are dead now, anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted May 23, 2003 Ya lets repin the Mid East thread. -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted May 23, 2003 i assumes that ppl can post a couple of things here in case new news source came up. but i guess it served its purpose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
