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Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo
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."
Iraq has been a "sovereign nation" for considerably longer than 15 months.
ICANN is using Iraq's political mess as an excuse.
We all know they just want to sell the tld to the highest bidder so it could be used by organizations such as mensa.
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
Given the current situation in Iraq I think it's actually more likely to be "fanat.iq"...
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
How can a country be too unstable to use a TLD? Is the TLD going to run amok, strap some viruses around itself and nuke some other unsuspecting nearby TLD like .kw or .ae?
Sounds idiotic to me. Or, more likely, like some country doesn't want Iraquis to be able to express their opinions attached to the official domain of the country.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
Procrastination -- because good things come to those who wait.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
There are doubtless folks at ICANN who hope that the new Iraq-CAN'T. Those folks would doubtless like to avoid legitimizing the Iraqi governement, with the only little power they have, awarding domains.
.iq TLD to Iraq is a little dig at George Bush. They know they have to do it eventually, unless the terrorists and factions manage to destabilize the new government.
Also, recall the flap over the USA keeping control over the root servers? Not awarding the
Bureaucrats also hate to make a mistake.
They appear to have realized finally that they were for no good reason failing to perform their primary function.
Raise your children as if you were teaching them to raise your grandchildren, because you are.
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
One little invasion can ruin an entire legal system. And then leave a vacuum where the country should be, for years.
Yeah, things were much better when the legal system was the torture and execution of anyone who looked at the leadership funny.
Not making excuses for the war, but just want to be sure we don't use our political leanings to twist the truth.
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