Posted on 12/12/2009 10:17:09 PM PST by Cindy
Der Spiegel: Siemens supports Irans nuke efforts German magazine reports customs officials seize goods meant for Irans nuclear program
Sarah Stricker Published: 12.12.09, 22:37 / Israel News
Is Siemens helping Iran? German customs officials intercepted a Siemens shipment of compressors on its way to Iran, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
According to the German magazine, the compressors sent by Siemens are worth an estimated 16 million Euros and were apparently meant to be used as part of Iran's nuclear program.
The German government is now weighing its next moves vis-à-vis Siemens, which has apparently violated international commerce regulations. However, a Treasury spokeswoman said she cannot confirm the report at this time.
The compressors, which were sent from Sweden, were nabbed by customs officials in Hamburg en route to Iran, Der Spiegel said. According to the report, the shipment in question was part of a larger transaction between the German giant and Iran, worth roughly 80 million Euros.
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
Hitlers fan club revisited?
A modern-day IG Farben
Holocaust by proxy? (shudder)
Mayhap
Siemens was part of a joint venture with Nokia in 2008 to provide Iran’s monopoly telecom company with technology that allowed it to intercept the internet communications of its citizens to an unprecedented degree
Well, I suggest we let the 8th Air Force... solve the problem!
Square D would be very interested in this.
Navy 17 ~ Army 3
Didn’t Cisco or some other major US firm do the same thing for Red China.
I guess they can’t help themselves. Providing products and services to dictators who wish to murder innocent people adds to the bottom line, doesn’t it? No moral or ethical compass appears in the executive suite or board of directors given their usual mantra “if we don’t do it our competitors will and we don’t want that, do we?” Pathetic.
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FYI ping, backhoe :)
Thanks- I’ll save those.
“A modern-day IG Farben”
You forgot to mention the close connections of Wall Street Bankers & U.S. Manufacturers with I.G.F.
Thanks merzilla for these links.
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