] The war against Iraq may be drawing to a close but the ] war over its Internet future is just beginning. ] ] As with the overthrow of the Afghanistan regime by US ] forces, it is widely thought that the removal of Saddam ] Hussein from power will see the Middle Eastern country ] catch up with the rest of the world in terms of Internet ] infrastructure and use. ] ] Currently, there is limited, expensive and ] state-controlled Internet use in Iraq, beamed via ] satellite since sanctions on the country have made it ] unable to install pipes and networks. In the north of the ] country, the Kurds have set up their own system free from ] Baghdad control by riding on the back of satellite feeds ] for Turkey. It too, however, remains very costly. ] ] But any Internet construction in Iraq will inevitably ] take place through its assigned country-code top-level ] domain - .iq. I want the domain, high.iq :) The Register |