Re: [ga] It Beats Voting....

["Asaad Y. Alnajjar (Millennium Inc.)" <alnajjar@any-dns.com>]

Dear Eric

It is one of those challenges that we have to live with.

1- Some of the companies I deal with have restricted sales to Registrant 
that shows country of residence as Iraq, but of course this did not 
work for long as you can input any information to get your sale going 
through like a Jordanian Mail Box as an example. Others just go through 
any non USA based registrars hence US companies lose the sale. It 
is a circle of a non winning situation for us but very profitable 
for Europe and Canada firms to gain on our lost sales.

2- Now access is a different story, as that is strictly controlled 
by the Ministry of Communications through a proxy.

3- eMails, is a joke and it is too funny to even discuss how it work 
inside Iraq.

Regards,

Asaad




At Tuesday, 18 September 2001, Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com> wrote:

>Dear Assad,
>
>I understand the theory of what you are saying and I understand 
that technically 
>a
>law/treaty may require what you say.  And I understand that you 
are very
>law-abiding and so you would not do it because you know it to be 
a violation.
>
>But as a practical matter how do they enforce this on those who would 
>violate the
>rules?  It seems sort of like the adage "outlaw guns and only outlaws 
will have
>guns"
>
>I also have a little trouble with the concept of denying people 
the right 
>to access
>knowledge.  I would hate to think of anyone denied the right to 
read my 
>brilliant
>words of wisdom;>}
>
>Please provide me with more information on this very interesting 
subject.
>In case
>you are not aware I hate with a passion any type of censorship and/or 
>exclusion.
>
>Sincerely,
>Eric
>
>"Asaad Y. Alnajjar (Millennium Inc.)" wrote:
>
>> Actually, couple months ago, I checked into this issue and the answer
>> was still NO.
>>
>> Eventhough, the dollar amount is not significant, still you need
>> to go through the whole approval procedure through the Treasury and
>> the UN monitoring office. Completed transactions would in fact be
>> a violation of the sanctions.
>>
>> That is why .IQ is still not operational yet.
>>
>> Kindly let me know if the law has been modified? Which Article and
>> what Date?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Asaad Alnajjar
>> CEO Millennium Inc.
>> Los Angeles, CA, USA







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