Iraq gets Internet domain name

daRk_heLmet · Aug 8, 2005, 07:46 AM

"The interweb governing outfit ICANN has given the Iraqi people their .iq domain name back. ICANN re-possessed the domain name in 2002 after the Texas-based company which was running it, InfoCom was involved in allegations of funnelling cash to the Islamic extremist group, Hamas.

InfoCom, which peddled computers and web services in the Middle East, was convicted in April along with its chief executive and his two brothers.

Apparently ICANN gave the name to Iraq's telecommunications regulator, the National Communications and Media Commission, last week, but only announced it on an inside ICANN web page that no-one spotted."
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Aug 8, 2005, 07:46 AM	#1
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	Iraq gets Internet domain name "The interweb governing outfit ICANN has given the Iraqi people their .iq domain name back. ICANN re-possessed the domain name in 2002 after the Texas-based company which was running it, InfoCom was involved in allegations of funnelling cash to the Islamic extremist group, Hamas. InfoCom, which peddled computers and web services in the Middle East, was convicted in April along with its chief executive and his two brothers. Apparently ICANN gave the name to Iraq's telecommunications regulator, the National Communications and Media Commission, last week, but only announced it on an inside ICANN web page that no-one spotted." ___________________________ Read More/Source: The Inquirer __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]