And today, in return, the Bush administration removed it from the list of states that sponsor terrorism.
The answer to terrorism is decisive military strikes against our enemies, especially Iran, to punish or end the regimes that sponsor terrorism.
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And today, U.S.-imposed sanctions and being placed on America's list of states that sponsor terrorism are considered hostile acts by North Koreans.
North Korea from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, and he's going to be removing some sanctions under the Trading with the Enemy Act.
The list of states that sponsor terrorism correlates obviously and ominously with the list of those that have programs to produce such weapons of mass destruction.
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DivestTerror.org is a nationwide grassroots divestment campaign aimed at some 400 public companies worldwide that are providing revenues, technology and moral cover to governments that sponsor terrorism.
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The Committee is concerned that American investors may be unwittingly investing in companies with ties to countries that sponsor terrorism and countries linked to human rights violations.
Previously, North Korea blamed the deadlock on the United States failing to honor its promise to remove North Korea from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
Syria remains on America's list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
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.
America says it will begin the process of removing North Korea from its list of countries that are considered to sponsor terrorism and move towards lifting trade sanctions against the North.
TODAY, Public pension systems ARE WELL AWARE that they hold investments in scores, if not hundreds, of companies that provide revenues, technology, equipment and moral and political cover to governments that sponsor terrorism.
Direct Money Transfer: The overarching objective of U.S. sanctions is to deprive terrorist-sponsoring states and proliferators of the type of funds required to build expensive weapons of mass destruction programs and sponsor terrorism.
Good governance: Although some 400 public companies have decided that a country's willingness to sponsor terrorism is no barrier to trade, relatively few have gone to such lengths to conceal their activities.
And a bill in the Senate would require passenger lists to be checked against a new immigration database as well as making it harder for students from countries that sponsor terrorism to get visas.
In October America removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism but only after Pyongyang threatened to restart the Yongbyon reactor (thereby reconfirming why it deserved to be on the list in the first place).
If all goes well, the United States is also expected to remove Sudan from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, appoint an ambassador to Khartoum and dole out several million dollars to help rebuild the ruined country.
That poll indicated that 81 percent of Americans believe that the public pension funds of fire fighters, police officers, teachers and other government employees "definitely should not" invest in companies that do business with countries that sponsor terrorism.
For instance, with respect to Iran in 1995, President Clinton's former Under Secretary of State for Policy said, ""A straight line links Iran's oil income and its ability to sponsor terrorism, build weapons of mass destruction, and acquire sophisticated armaments.
Two articles in yesterday's Wall Street Journal are bringing attention to a growing movement in American politics: the push for state governments to pass laws mandating that their pension funds divest from companies doing business in states that sponsor terrorism, notably Iran.
From the fact that virtually each and every public employee in this country holds stock in companies that partner with governments that sponsor terrorism flows an extraordinary opportunity: America's 100 largest and most influential pension systems have the power to help defeat terrorism.
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The Global Security Risk Monitor wants to identify close to 300 firms that either do business with six countries the State Department says sponsor terrorism -- Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya and Sudan -- or aid those providing weapons of mass destruction.
Due to the fact that financial data is available for relatively few of the companies operating in terrorist-sponsoring states, the role being played by public companies in the viability of governments that sponsor terrorism is probably, if anything, even greater than indicated by this number.
For years, Syria has been listed by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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Iraq is one of seven countries the State Department lists as a state sponsor of terrorism.
In fact, the State Department has repeatedly listed Syria as among the nations that sponsor international terrorism.
Iran remains the chief state sponsor of terrorism and is on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons.
On the whole, over 500 public firms have active ties to at least one state sponsor of terrorism.
American Congressmen might next seek to designate Pakistan itself as a state sponsor of terrorism, because of the Haqqanis.
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