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To: NickSE who wrote (108)	3/2/2003 12:11:19 PM
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SECRET WAR ALREADY UNDER WAY TO HACK IRAQ nypost.com March 2, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Tomorrow evening was earmarked weeks ago as the optimum time for the United States to strike Iraq because of a moonless sky and cool weather. An attack almost certainly won't happen because of ongoing diplomacy. But some strategic shots could still be fired at Saddam Hussein's regime - on a level far more subtle than a stealth bomber. A different kind of warfare is being waged using computer codes, phantom radio programs, exotic technology and electronic pulses. And it has been going on for months, sources say. In back rooms and high-tech computer centers from Washington to Qatar, killer viruses and worms are being developed to deceive, disable and shut down Iraq military computer networks. Iraqi military leaders also have been getting e-mails, warning them they'll be hunted down as war criminals if they use chemical or biological weapons. Iraqi security tried to block the unsolicited e-mails by shutting down Iraq's Internet service provider, but sources said computer experts from the Pentagon and National Security Agency broke through the Iraqi firewall recently and have resumed the "spam." Other messages are also being beamed into Iraq through the mysterious Radio Tikrit - a station named after Saddam's hometown, but never heard before by anyone who lives there. In recent months, the station has slowly shifted its policy from being anti-American to railing against Saddam. Broadcasts include the voice of an "honorable officer of the Republican Guard," urging his former comrades to "leave this gang and flee." Many experts believe the station is being operated by the CIA as part of a "black program" designed to imitate Iraqi government broadcasts - and then sow confusion by suddenly shifting policies, creating the impression that the regime is crumbling.

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