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Obama orders new sanctions in Mideast

Targets technology that helps Syria, Iran stem dissent

By Peter Baker

 |  New York Times  

  April 24, 2012

President Obama, seeking to expand his administration’s response to oppression in the Middle East, announced new sanctions Monday against those who provide Syria and Iran with cutting-edge technology to track down dissidents for abuse, torture or death. The measures underscored the role that computers, social media and cellphones have played not just in organizing resistance to authoritarian governments but also in helping security services crack down on those dissidents.

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