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Nokia/Siemans Is Helping Iran Crack Down On Dissent
The Lid/Washington Times/BBC ^ | 2/11/2010 | The Lid

Posted on 02/11/2010 10:18:54 AM PST by Shellybenoit

Today in Iran protesters for democracy are filling the streets on the 31st Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. The tyrannical Iranian regime is continuing with their policy of using intimidation and brutality to quash the protests. Helping the totalitarian government with their violence and abuse is Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between the Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia and German powerhouse Siemens. Despite an embargo of selling such products to Iran, the company has sold a "big brother-like" spy system to Ahmadinejad's nut house.

A spokesman for NSN said the servers were sold for "lawful intercept functionality," a technical term used by the cell-phone industry to refer to law enforcement's ability to tap phones, read e-mails and monitor electronic data on communications networks.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; embargo; iranianrevolution; irantyranny

1 posted on 02/11/2010 10:18:54 AM PST by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

Siemens as a company was involved in Nazi Germany’s “final solution”. So this is NO surpise.


2 posted on 02/11/2010 10:47:04 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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