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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> McTim [mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com]
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">Suppose that the US decided to deny access to the domain name root zone resolution to, say Iran (.ir), because of its bad HR record.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">[Milton L Mueller] They could apply the same sanctions to ICANN – which is in U.S. jurisdiction – that they apply to Oracle, MSFT, GoDaddy, etc.
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">Certainly Syria is a criminal regime. But do we want ICANN to be a neutral meeting ground for all parties or not?</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">yes. Who decides who gets in the GAC? <o:p></o:p></p>
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