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Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo

Posted by Zonk on from the can-i-borrow-a-cup-of-domains-please dept.

tcd004 writes "FP Magazine is reporting that despite the fact that Iraq has been a sovereign nation for some 15 months its top-level Internet domain, .iq, has been in a legal limbo. Until now, ICANN has refused to hand over control of the TLD due to the nation's instability." From the article: "But one Baghdad political insider says that the imbroglio is likely to end 'imminently'--possibly by the time this magazine hits newsstands--with ICANN handing over .iq to the new government. It's unclear why ICANN may reverse its earlier decision, whether it be from mounting political pressure or a different position on the legitimacy of the new Iraqi regime. The organization refused repeated requests for comment. But officials affiliated with the Iraqi government indicate they expect the domain's return soon."

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  1. Article wrong? by thc69 · · Score: 5, Informative
    According to http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-28jul05.htm :
    Resolved (05.70) that the proposed redelegation of the .IQ ccTLD to the National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC) of Iraq is approved.
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    Procrastination -- because good things come to those who wait.
  2. What is a Sovereign nation? by iambarry · · Score: 5, Informative

    see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_nation

    Seems like Iraq is now, and has been for some time, a De jure sovereign nation.

    However its not quite a de facto sovereign nation.

    Note: I'm not commenting on the legitimacy of the merging of the three provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra to form modern Iraq by the British in 1918. That is a thread of its own, and not a subject I'm too familiar with.

    --Barry