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Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran

Posted by kdawson on from the no-cookies-for-you dept.

fast66 writes "After hearing about Nokia-Siemens sale of Internet-monitoring software to Iran, US Senators Schumer and Graham want to bar them from receiving federal contracts. They planned the action after hearing about a joint venture of Nokia Corp. of Finland and Siemens AG of Germany that sold a sophisticated Internet-monitoring system to Iran in 2008. According to Nextgov.com, Schumer and Graham's bill would require the Obama administration to identify foreign companies that export sensitive technology to Iran and ban them from bidding on federal contracts, or renew expiring ones, unless they first stop exports to Iran."

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  1. Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or perhaps smarter than you, and know politics don't matter

  2. Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    <sarcasm>Gee, if only more people were like malkir, the smartest person in the world.</sarcasm>

    It's none of your fucking business whether other people are too "stupid".

    How about you go fuck yourself and take your socialist, big brother bullshit with you.

  3. Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isreal(sic) in it's current form is criminal and cruel

    Wow, is this ever false. Don't you brainwashed people ever get tired of the "Israel is the badguy" lie? All Israel wants to do is live in their land peacefully and outsiders keep insisting on trying to blow them up. I suppose, in your opinion, Israel is the enemy for wanting to defend their land?

    I wonder... if a group of people were violently trying to take your home would you try to defend it? Wonder what you would feel like if you were to defend it and people kept calling you "criminal and cruel" for doing so?

    and the US did more to destabilize Iraq than Iran ever has.

    Oh, please, not this untruth too.

    But of course those opinions are counter to the US world, so flag waving morons will refuse to accept them as valid.

    They'd only be valid if they were really true. Fortunately, there not. Unfortunate for you though.

    I don't agree with Iranian goverment internet censorship

    Uh, huh.

    because I know all to well from recent history that the USA are the badder guys.

    Wow, this is comic gold! Keep practicing your humor - someday you'll be good at it!

    you guys have a lot of work to do.

    What "work to do"? To impress other countries? No other country cares what the USA thinks of it so why should we care what other countries think of us? You seem to think we're only here to impress you. It's all about you isn't it?

    References to US and USA refer to government/politics, not necessarily you, the people.

    Lol, right... right, yeah ok we really believe that. ;-)

  4. Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lol your logic and thoughts are so out there, but hey you know you can be blind to reality like the rest of the extremists, racists, holocaust deniers, Lol and how do you think the Jews are not related to the Israelites??? You do know that the majority of the jews were exiled before israel became Judea when the Romans conquered them... I would do some historical research before you show the extent of your ignorance.

    Peace...
    Relax.

    "International Justice" ... what a concept ... LOL ...