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From: thom@dewey.soe.Berkeley.EDU (Thom Gillespie)
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Subject: Computer Communication and the Gulf War
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Date: 28 Jan 91 22:58:45 GMT
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Sorry to digress so quickly from Timothy's initial question but I'm
wondering why there isn't more 'mail' communication from the Gulf about
the Gulf.  During Tiennamen Square we had Soc.China.  Where's Soc.Gulf
'from' the Gulf.  With China it looked like countries were without
walls.  It seems to me that the US and Israel have erected amazing
'computer-assisted' walls to insure that we have 'no' communication with
'the people' of Irag, not just Saddam.  For me, this seems much more
dangerous than all the 'smart' weapons used so far.  I hope I'm wrong
and that someone can direct me to a lively discussion from within Iraq.

I walked with 250,000 peace loving folks down Market street in San
Francisco and then watched the NBC National News make not one mention of
this event at 6 o'clock.

Thom Gillespie