Iran Suspends Google's Email Service

appl_iran writes "Iran's telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google's email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service." From the short WSJ article that is kernel of this Reuters story: "An Iranian official said the measure was meant to boost local development of Internet technology and to build trust between people and the government." Funny way to go about that. Updated 20100211 9:54GMT by timothy: Original link swapped for a more appropriate, updated one.

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How to help Iran and stop their dictator

[handfullofsausage]

We need to spray Iran with bacon grease. Take a fleet of c130's load em up with tankers filled with bacon grease and spray the entire area liberally. A couple of days should do it.

UAE

[Enderandrew]

Is it within the UAE's interests to try and support new leadership in Iran to try and control a future Irani government and keep it an Arab-controlled Islamic state, or should they wait for the US/UN to eventually send in troops over the nuke issue? Who do they want to organize the formation of the next Irani government?

At this point, isn't an inevitability?