Syria Buys Dell PCs Despite Sanctions 72
puddingebola writes with a New York Times article about how mundane PC equipment — not just more esoteric and eyebrow-raising network monitoring equipment from Blue Coat — makes its way to Syria: "Large amounts of computer equipment from Dell have been sold to the Syrian government through a Dubai-based distributor despite strict trade sanctions intended to ban the selling of technology to the regime, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. The disclosure of the computer sales is the latest example of how the Syrian government has managed to acquire technology, some of which is used to censor Internet activity and track opponents of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad."
Wait til they try to get their rebate (Score:1, Funny)
"Your call is important to us... please stay on the line, and a customer representative will be with you shortly."
Re:Ah, Dubai, pillar of morality. (Score:5, Funny)
Anonymous Coward, I'm disappointed in you.
Dubai is a shining paragon of cooperation between east and west! A city where the venerable traditions of enlightened liberalism and individula rights of the middle east can come together with the honesty and fundamental decency of the west's finest financial services providers. Truly, a model for us all.
My God. What an ingeneous strategy! (Score:5, Funny)
Flood Syria's government with Dell's. After a month, when the first 99% break, the entire government will be online with two Indian technical support technicians who will both try and get *them* to take apart their own machines even though they purchased the "premium" support package.
The regime will fall within weeks. My compliments to the CIA operative who suggested this.