It also involved conventional fighting and at this the Biafrans, after a surprising irruption in August 1967 to within 150km (nearly 100 miles) of the federal capital, proved inadequate.

ECONOMIST: Emeka Ojukwu

But there was relief in this irruption of sobriety.

CNN: Sign-off 1998

At the risk of further understatement, the shoals ahead are perilous for public and private sector targets in a world where WikiLeaks is not an isolated irruption but the forerunner of a standard digital practice as well as a viable Internet business model.

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