Anti-Saddam web warriors hack Iraq

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By BILL SANDERSON

October 29, 2002 -- Maybe they've mastered weapons of mass destruction - but Saddam Hussein's minions couldn't make his official Web site hack-proof.

Some e-mails to Saddam were revealed yesterday by Wired News, which said hacking into the site was easy.

Lots of people write to tell Saddam they hate him.

A Gulf War veteran wrote in June that he regretted the war ended "before my friends and I had a chance to completely wipe your cartoon character of a leader off the face of this earth."

Saddam also hears from supportive Americans, including a Washington state man who warned, "The CIA is notoriously crafty and extremely adept at overthrowing governments and their respective leaders."

Also among Saddam's e-mails were business solicitations - including an American company's offer of a weapon that can "ignite large sections of the atmosphere and incinerate all living creatures within its pre-selected coordinates."

The company's CEO told Wired News, "No way would we ever give the weapon-of-mass-destruction technology to Mr. Hussein."

Saddam's official Web site is www.uruklink.net/iraq/.

-- Anonymous, October 29, 2002


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