Following are excerpts from a TV show about the history and influence of the Internet, which aired on IRINN, the Iranian news channel, on December 31, 2010:
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Iranian author and journalist Pejman Karimi: "In 1969, the Internet was established by the Pentagon, the U.S. war department, and then it was presented to the world. The goal of virtual control over the world was and still is to [enable] American imperialism to take over the world, through the security and intelligence services of the Pentagon. Keeping the [plan] a secret, while spreading the Internet worldwide, led millions of users to be trapped in the spiderwebs of the Western Crusader Zionist intelligence systems. [...]
Reporter: "Facebook is managed by a Zionist called Mark Zuckerberg, who offered a prize for Israelis who kill Palestinians."
Voice over footage of Israeli Minister of Science Daniel Hershkowitz: "We should honor Mark Zuckerberg, who said: It is my honor to give 100 gold coins to any Zionist soldier who kills a Palestinian in Gaza." [...]
