IRAQ STILL ONLINE

The U.S. could unplug Iraq from the Net with ease. Brian McWilliams, writing in Salon, asks: why hasn't it?
Maybe, he muses, "the U.S. is leaving Iraq's e-mail systems intact to provide a conduit for communication with Iraqi military and government leaders willing to turn on Saddam Hussein. In January, U.S. officials acknowledged sending e-mails to Iraqi officials as part of their prewar 'psychological operations.'"

The U.S. could unplug Iraq from the Net with ease. Brian McWilliams, writing in Salon, asks: why hasn't it?
Maybe, he muses, "the U.S. is leaving Iraq's e-mail systems intact to provide a conduit for communication with Iraqi military and government leaders willing to turn on Saddam Hussein. In January, U.S. officials acknowledged sending e-mails to Iraqi officials as part of their prewar 'psychological operations.'"