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Monday January 29, 2007 Jonathan's blog in Arabic - now available!
Would you like to read Jonathan's blog in Arabic? Mafi mushkalla habibi, it's now available.
It's free too, so it costs mafi faloos to read it.
Khallas! Enough from me, go and enjoy it here.
No, I didn't do the translation, but I did post the entries.
ps I forgot to add my thanks to the translation agency and Sun MENA marketing - as well as to the Sun Blogs team, particularly to Allen and Linda for helping sort out formatting issues! It wouldn't be right for me to take all the glory as all I really do is cut and paste the entries into Sun's blog tool...
( Jan 29 2007, 11:31:17 PM GST ) Permalink Comments [3]I've seen lots of photos on news sites recently of the Taliban driving around in brand new 4x4 pickups. It makes me wonder what the export regulations are for these kinds of 'products'?
Sun and other IT companies are subject to strict export compliance rules - everything we sell has to have the end user detailed and export approval granted. These things are strictly monitored and even minor breaches can result in major disciplinary action from the US government. Do similar rules apply to the manufacturers who make these vehicles?
I realise that anything and everything can be smuggled and that there are always countries willing to sell to all kinds of middlemen, knowing full well that the end user's not particularly popular.
That said, it strikes me that since these kind of groups favour certain brands above all others, surely the manufacturers would prefer their logo not to be associated with the Taliban? Second hand vehicles making it over the border I can understand, but seeing a group like the Taliban happily equipping themselves with such gleaming new kit is a little surprising.
( Jan 29 2007, 11:12:20 PM GST ) Permalink Comments [2]