Iraq: Baghdad Round Up
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Several bloggers reported for last two days they have had no access to emails including gmail, hotmail and yahoo.
Hese Penhan says [fa] dictators attacked internet again. Even Tor and Psiphone3 do not work.
Here is a blog publishing the photos about Iran's northern province, Gilan. It lies along the Caspian Sea.
Gahneveshteaye Ali writes [fa] that Green Movement demonstrated in New York both against war and dictatorship. The Iran based media preferred to ignore them.Watch the photos here.
Several bloggers reported that Mehdi Khazali, a blogger and publisher was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The blogger was sentenced to 90 lashes too. He can appeal this sentence.
Iranian sources say [fa] that Saudi Arabia has blocked Iran Leader's site Khamenei.ir. This sources says this website is blocked because of Ayatollah Khamanei's remarks on “Islamic Arab Spring”. Iranian user on Friendfeed believes [fa]: This could be a start for a cyber-war between Iran and Arabia.
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The current war still rages but let’s not forget what happened at the beginning of this disaster.
Here’s a video I directed about the looting of the Iraqi National Museum. Thought it might be of interest. It consists of an interview with Dr. Donny George, the former director, and includes images of the destruction, as well as, Iraqi music suggested by Dr. George. The link is below.
http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/02/07/looting-the-iraqi-national-museum/
Thanks Stuart for sharing the video.