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You would think with all of the embargoes that the US government has on doing buisness with Iran and its crazy President Ahmadinejad , that it would be pretty difficult for companies that do buisness with the United States to sell systems to the terrorist regime that would enable it squash dissidents. Of course if you thought that, "you would think..." wrong. According to an investigation by Eli Lake, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between the Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia and German powerhouse Siemens have sold a "big brother-like" spy system to Ahmadinejad's nut house:

HAVANA, September 17 —In less than 24 hours more than 1,000 intellectuals from Latin America, the United States, Europe and Africa have signed an appeal circulated by their Cuban colleagues, expressing solidarity and demanding an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba. The message, which is circulating on the Internet, notes that Cuba was dramatically impacted by two powerful hurricanes recently, and that its people are demanding an immediate halt to the odious blockade that has been maintained against Cuba by successive U.S. administrations for almost 50 years. The appeal to the world from a large group of Cuban artists...

The largest Muslim nation in the world is eager to join the U.S. in its battle against Islamic terrorists, but we don't want its help. That seems to be the situation with Indonesia – with its 178 million Muslims of a total population of 203 million. President Megawati Sukarnoputri is asking for help. She's asking an old U.S. arms embargo to be lifted. She's asking for assistance in combating Islamist terror in her own country. She's offering cooperation to the U.S. government and seeking a partnership. But, so far, the U.S. is not budging. If the U.S. doesn't recognize the...