12 Jan
2003
12 Jan
'03
3:46 p.m.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/12/MN125083.DTL Baghdad -- Apparently in response to a blanket e-mail campaign by the U.S. military urging dissent and defections, the Iraqi government shut down -- at least temporarily -- all Internet access and the country's two e-mail servers. Although no official explanation was given, e-mail service stopped midafternoon on Friday. Some service was resumed Saturday morning.