Many of these companies provide critical revenues and advanced equipment and technology to these countries.

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Premise: The economies of terrorist-sponsoring states are almost entirely dependent on the revenues, expertise and advanced equipment and technology provided by global publicly traded companies in which millions of Americans own stock.

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Over 400 publicly traded companies have active business ties to countries that support terrorism.(1) In many cases, these companies provide important revenues, advanced equipment and technology as well as political cover to Iran, Syria, Sudan and other terrorist-sponsoring nations.

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The Center for Security Policy believes that these companies materially contribute to the capacity of governments that support terror, albeit indirectly, via their business relationships with those regimes by providing the latter vital revenues and advanced equipment and technology.

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Divest Terror points out that Siemens has extensive contracts with the government of Iran involving advanced technology and equipment, which may be easily diverted to terrorist activities jeopardizing American lives.

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What is more, these companies are providing the large-scale revenue streams and advanced, "dual-use" technology and equipment that enables these terrorist-sponsors to continue their support for terrorist organizations and to pursue multi-billion dollar weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.

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The provision of advanced technology, equipment, know-how and revenues by U.S. companies to rogue regimes advances their ability to sponsor terrorism and build weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

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"The UK armed forces and the equipment and assets they use are amongst the world's most modern and advanced, so of course information technology plays a vital role in their operation, " he said.

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