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Iraq Ministry of Health offers cheap airfare and single women
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 3:25pm
Should we be worried that the Web site for Iraq's Ministry of Health has turned into a conglomeration of dating websites and online car-insurance deals?

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Library of Congress still link to it, while the World Health Organization offers its own link farm of choice:

Warning: Passport recommends against exploring these Web sites, as your computer could become infested with spyware, or worse.
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I think you'll find that neither of those sites are owned by the organizations mentioned. These pages appear to be automatically generated sites that domain squatters commonly put up for any URL that is for sale.