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It may or may not be real. But these things can be tricky. Take a look at this blog which fooled the New York Times. http://www.rootnode.org/article.php?sid=26
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Here is an interesting blog that is legitimate (the writer is a public person with a business website:
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Uh, no. We don't.Originally posted by faded glory
You know its fake
If you've read it at all, you'd know that he has help from Diana, a native-English speaker. She's been posting from her work.His english is way to good.
What the hell is that supposed to mean?Even for a tranny.
Uh, yes there was. Besides, he dosen't need his own connection to the Internet if he has Diana outside Iraq to help him until service is restored in Baghdad.And there was/is no internet service provider in Iraq
Too much blog to read through to figure out what you're refering to at this time, so I'll leave that one alone.As for the TV. Ohh...wow...Iraq TV. I can get that with my satelitte
Last edited by DRoseDARs; May 8, 2003, 17:06.The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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I agree that these blogs can be tricky, especially when the person writing is purported to be from a country with a dictatorial regime (i.e., what's the hidden agenda and is it just the CIA planting a blog?).
However, this blog is probably the most popular on Blogspot. You can be sure that they could authenticate the IP coming from Iraq.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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And there was/is no internet service provider in Iraq
Internet country code: .iq
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 12,500 (2001)
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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So people question the veracity of it solely because some of what this person says disagrees with thier pre-set notions of what an Iraqi should be saying?
Man, peole can be damn arrogant.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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We question because many, many reporters have been trying to interview this person in Iraq and some how he's just never available.
If you have questions about our motivations then please ask us instead of calling people names.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Do you have a link on people trying to interview him?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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That may be part of it. But they also question it based on the lack of concrete evidence. (proof). And based on some of the hoaxes that have been done before. Check out the cancer blog that I linked.Originally posted by GePap
So people question the veracity of it solely because some of what this person says disagrees with thier pre-set notions of what an Iraqi should be saying?
Man, peole can be damn arrogant.Comment
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exactly GePap. Nice to know there's at least someone else here with a brain.Originally posted by GePap
So people question the veracity of it solely because some of what this person says disagrees with thier pre-set notions of what an Iraqi should be saying?
Man, peole can be damn arrogant.Comment
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I know I question the veracity of it first and foremost because it's on the internet.Originally posted by GePap
So people question the veracity of it solely because some of what this person says disagrees with thier pre-set notions of what an Iraqi should be saying?
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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So should we go to each and every web diary with the assumption it's a big hoax?
Sorry, that doesn't fly. People are indeed dismissing it because they don't like everything it has to say.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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My god, Edan is realy some 69 year old Pakistani midget !Originally posted by Edan
I know I question the veracity of it first and foremost because it's on the internet.
Better not trust the web anymore either...
(Oh My god, what if I am a 69 year old Pakistani midget? ......???)If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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No, but I don't start by assuming they're true either (with the exception of some sites I've learned to trust, ie. cnn.com, weather.com, etc)Originally posted by Boris Godunov
So should we go to each and every web diary with the assumption it's a big hoax?
Can't speak for other people, only myself.Sorry, that doesn't fly. People are indeed dismissing it because they don't like everything it has to say.Last edited by Edan; May 8, 2003, 21:01."I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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Hey, I'm only 68 and a half!My god, Edan is realy some 69 year old Pakistani midget !
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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