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posted by on Tuesday July 21 2015, @04:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the someone-stomp-these-guys-already dept.

From this article on vice.com:

The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has severely restricted use of the internet in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, requiring that all residents — including those in the militant group's ranks — access the web from observed internet cafes, according to international monitoring organizations.

An IS leaflet photographed and circulated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), advises that "all owners of shops with satellite internet must comply with the following: Removing Wi-Fi boosters in internet cafés as well as private wireless adaptors, even for soldiers of the Islamic State."

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Activists worry that internet restriction is intended to clamp down on citizen journalists, human rights workers, and potential IS defectors.

Even under IS rule, activists have managed to sneak out videos, images, and accounts of daily life. In September, a woman with a camera hidden in her niqab walked through the city narrating her experience. The smuggled footage was aired on French TV.


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  • (Score: 2) by GlennC on Tuesday July 21 2015, @05:12PM

    by GlennC (3656) on Tuesday July 21 2015, @05:12PM (#211999)

    Who wishes these barbarians well?

    It wouldn't surprise me to find that some Fundamentalist Christians do....they're looking for their adversary for Armageddon.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2015, @08:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2015, @08:41PM (#212083)

    Who wishes these barbarians well?

    It wouldn't surprise me to find that some Fundamentalist Christians do....they're looking for their adversary for Armageddon.

    Nah see Christians won't be involved directly in Armageddon. They're waiting for Armageddon to happen around them so their messiah will return. It's Judaism that will be combatting Islam/Muslim in Armageddon. Christianity will be Judaism's head cheerleader. Only when Jerusalem is "back in the hands of Israel" will Jesus return and the Christians go to heaven, the Jews go to what is in a sense purgatory and everyone else burns in hell for ever more. See? All part of [g]od's plan!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2015, @10:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2015, @10:05AM (#212253)

      But isn't Jerusalem already back in the hands of Israel?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2015, @07:54PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2015, @07:54PM (#212455)

        Surrounded by Muslim enemies. A constant power struggle ensues in this world; which violent religion can claim their god is superior by being the last one standing. ALL sides want annihilation of the others not co-existence. Nothing short of it will satisfy these people.

        Annihilation IS what they'll eventually get, in the form of the expulsion of religious tendencies from the majority of people's mind as they realize how CRAZY the whole thing is and CHOOSES to leave such things in the past, where they belong. It's already happening! Evolve your mind!