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Cable: French infrared detectors systems to China were sold to Iran A French company sold high-technology infrared systems to China, and Beijing in turn sold the goods to Iran, according to a State Department cable from 2009. The cable stated that the U.S. was protesting to France that "Zhejiang Dali Technology is actively selling its thermal imaging systems to Iranian defense entities and that the use of high-grade French infrared detectors in this technology could increase the threat to U.S. and allied forces operating in the Gulf region." The cable asked only that the sale be investigated and that France "act to have Sofradir and Ulis immediately terminate this activity." A former State Department official said that during the Obama administration "we've given up harassing the Chinese, we're trying to get the French to stop selling sensitive systems to Chinese companies because they just turn around and give them to the Iranians." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
