The Battle for Iraq's Cell Phones

Mother Jones has a new report, Crossing the Lines, on the backroom wheeling and dealing over "one natural resource Saddam Hussein never managed to exploit -- the nation's cellular phone frequencies... Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), whose district includes many Qualcomm employees, had tried to wrap his favored company in the flag. He denounced the cellular system used by Iraq's neighbors as 'an outdated French standard,' and proposed a law that would effectively mandate Qualcomm on Iraq." Qualcomm's patented standard was turned down, but according to the documents and emails Mother Jones says it has obtained, the battle didn't end there.

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GO QUALCOMM

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Qualcomm shareholder (500 shares) I strongly suggest going with Qualcomm rather than the inferior GSM standard.

Also, GSM phones are the ones that cause cancer.

Choose wisely..

Re:Uh...yeah?

[aminorex]

"I will yeild the floor to the Senator from Qualcomm."

Umm, no. He's lining his pockets by betraying the interests of his constituents and indeed of the human species in order to promote his patron. Said constituents were fools to vote for him, fooled by money from Qualcomm.