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Syrian Authorities Shuts Down the Internet in the Country

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38 pointszamzamano7 comments

Any Ham Radio enthusiasts know if anything is coming out of Syria on that channel?

Unlike Egypt, this has turned into a torrid brew of sectarian violence superimposed over the political strife. The minority Alawites (of whom the Assad family are members) are scared that if they don't help the violent oppression and quell the uprising there will be reprisals afterwards, while mostly dormant anti-Alawite sentiments have now been stoked to a fiery blaze in the rest of the population.

Looks like we're about to get another Libya on our hands.

It is important to also add that APRS has HF and satellite equivalents, and is very twitter-like with data payloads and telemetry, and all kinds of crazy neat things. You can bounce it off of the ISS too.

This is to make sure that everybody gets out on the streets to protest right?

That what seemed to happen in Egypt.

Considering how violent is the repression there, going on the streets would just make the protesters even easier targets.

Things are not looking good...

My thoughts and prayers are with the Syrian people. A Free and Open Internet should be a Universal Human Right. With Killswitches and heavily concentrated ownership of internet bandwidth, the future does not look bright. But there is hope in the power of citizen based Internet communities that can mobilize and resist these nefarious powers.

When you get a chance check out this documentary trailer, entitled: #killswitch (5 min 27 sec)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akorn/killswitch-a-docum...

Be part of the revolution!

Indeed, all my tweeps from Syria have gone silent. Phone lines seem to be down too. Calling Syria gives me "all circuits are busy" message. This is not a good sign.

>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011...