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Old 08-03-2007, 04:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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France signs deal with Libya
BBC NEWS | Africa | France and Libya sign arms deal

This a suprise to anyone?
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Old 08-03-2007, 07:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Nah. Expected it as soon as Kaddafi started to grow normal. And it's a good thing for Libya. Might prevent them from falling into Jihadi hands.
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Old 08-03-2007, 07:57 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Jihadi's have tanks now?
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Old 08-03-2007, 11:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The French always sold weapons to unreliable regimes. Shame on them.
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Old 08-03-2007, 13:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Nope, expect 2007/8 to see a series of large deals with Libya.
I count around 40 odd programs waiting to be signed. Its going to be the biggest defence haul ever for Libya

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Old 08-03-2007, 14:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
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The French always sold weapons to unreliable regimes. Shame on them.
Who doesn't ? If anything Russia and the US are probably upset they didn't get there first.
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Old 08-03-2007, 14:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Who doesn't ? If anything Russia and the US are probably upset they didn't get there first.
Whilst the Bulgarian nurse affair was a disgrace thats the way that Libya works and it was resolved eventually. Despite that Libya does need to be rewarded for "coming on side", otherwise the chances of bringing a country like Syria onside are minimal.
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The French always sold weapons to unreliable regimes. Shame on them.
Yes, of course Syria and Iran are much more reliable.
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Old 08-03-2007, 15:53 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Yes, of course Syria and Iran are much more reliable.
Yes, Russia sells weapons to these countries. But Russia is Russia - we are the bad guys, bullies, empire of evil and so on. And who are the French are?.. The old western democracy, the NATO member, the close US ally - which provides with arms the very recent "terrorists" from the American list of "countries-rogues".
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Have the French recently sold anything to Syria /Iran ? All I can come up now is the Gazelle helicopters that were used 1982 by Syria .
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Yes, Russia sells weapons to these countries. But Russia is Russia - we are the bad guys, bullies, empire of evil and so on.
If you say so.
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Have the French recently sold anything to Syria /Iran ? All I can come up now is the Gazelle helicopters that were used 1982 by Syria .
My point, as Mr. First correctly inferred was about Russia.
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Most of Europe, including Russia, are happy to sell arms to their worst enemy. Kruschevs comment about how if he wanted to hang America, an American businessman would sell him the rope is actually far more pertinent to Europe.
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Most of Europe, including Russia, are happy to sell arms to their worst enemy. Kruschevs comment about how if he wanted to hang America, an American businessman would sell him the rope is actually far more pertinent to Europe.
Aint that the truth
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Braindead, where is your hamster? Is he alive? I'm worried about him. What does this picture mean? Hamster's skin?
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