On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > The main Iraqi network connections are still functioning. Uruklink.net, > Iraq2000.com, Baghdadlink.net, etc systems are responding. The public web > servers appear to be very congested or non-responsive; but because I can > reach other systems (mail, dns, etc) I suspect people are overloading > the webservers. My DNS shows www.thosedomains to be in iana-reserved space and dns is hosted at european satellite base stations ?? Steve > > And to answer the question, no I don't know why the .IQ top-level domain > is registered in Richardson Texas, nor do I know why the official state > provider uses .NET and .COM instead of .iq. > > Since either the Iraqi government or the US government could shutdown the > relatively limited external links from Iraq; I'm guessing both governments > have decided its worth leaving the Internet links in place. Or its not > worth the hassle of trying to shut them down. > >