There is no electrical power to access the Internet from the war-scarred tropical island of Bougainville, but its rebels are armed with a new propaganda tool that provides them and fellow insurgents, from the mountains of East Timor to the valleys of Kashmir, with the power to reach a mass audience cheaply and without censorship. Slowly, the governments they oppose are waking up to the fact. If propaganda wins wars, then cyberspace is its latest battleground. Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand-held device. The BFM has ties with the rebel Bougainville Revolutionary Army, which, until a recent truce, had been fighting the Papua New Guinea government .
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But sympathizers around the world contact the BFM through the email address the site gives. I think it is a great thing for the left. I think it is going to bring us all together and realize that people have the power to change things. Most of the rebel sites are hosted on servers thousands of miles from the zone of conflict. Some are run directly by rebel groups themselves, others by sympathizers or support bodies.