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[Robert Hess]

>From ARRL web today:


Amateur Radio activity shut down in Iraq (Mar 13,
2007) -- Iraq Amateur 
Radio Society (IARS) President Diya Sayah, YI1DZ, has
informed ARRL 
that all Amateur Radio activity in Iraq has been
suspended until the 
security situation there improves. He says the
suspension affects both Iraqi 
citizens as well as any foreigners -- including
military personnel and 
contractors -- who have been on the air from Iraq. The
request to halt 
all ham radio activity and the issuance of licenses in
Iraq originated 
with a letter from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to
Iraqi Prime 
Minister Nouri al-Maliki as part of a new security
plan, Sayah said. He 
received subsequent confirmation via the Ministry of
Higher Education and 
Scientific Research to shut down ham radio activity,
although he allows 
for a possible misunderstanding on the part of
government officials as to 
the nature and purpose of Amateur Radio.


 
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