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And they talk of peace (National Post vs France, great read)
National Post ^
| Februari 13 2003
| Andrew Coyne
Posted on 02/13/2003 3:04:42 PM PST by knighthawk
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The pattern was to be repeated three years later, when Saddam began shopping for a fast-breeder nuclear reactor, with a view to acquiring nuclear weapons within 10 years. No one was willing to provide him with the advanced technology he was seeking -- not even the Russians, who had sold him with a small research reactor some years earlier. It was not until he met with the French prime minister, one Jacques Chirac, that Saddam found what he was looking for. The French agreed, knowing full well what Saddam was up to, in exchange for $3-billion in cash, some oil concessions and a huge contract to purchase France's Mirage F-1 fighter planes. Oh, and one other thing: The Franco-Iraqi Nuclear Co-operation Treaty stipulated that "all persons of Jewish race" be excluded from participating.
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Other countries -- the Russians, the Italians, the British, less so the Americans -- also sold arms to Iraq, especially during the Iran-Iraq war . . . Just to be clear on this point. We, i.e. America, did not sell weapons to Iraq either during or after the Iran-Iraq war.
To: knighthawk
Please Don't take me of the list...I have no where else to go!
Seriously, keep up the excellent posting.......or there's gonna be trouble. LOL
Frank
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02/13/2003 3:11:28 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: knighthawk
Chirac is more bent that a corkscrew.
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02/13/2003 3:17:09 PM PST
by
habs4ever
To: knighthawk
bump
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posted on
02/13/2003 3:17:11 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: knighthawk
"It was not until he met with the French prime minister, one Jacques Chirac..."
Black Jack Shellac and Saddamn go back to at least 1975!
Verrry interrresting.
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posted on
02/13/2003 3:18:16 PM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(LIBERATE IRAQ, SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!)
To: knighthawk
What is it about socialists and thier support of facist dictators? Is there really a difernce between Germany's old National Socialism and the emerging Global Socialism of the blame-America-first crowd?
To: AndyTheBear
To: knighthawk
Chirac identified with the young Hussein, he dreamed of living viariously through the new dictator, delighting in his anti-semitism and dreams of an empire. The New Iraqi Empire would annex all of Kuwait and ultimately Iran. Imagine all that oil controlled by a Franco-Iraqi pact. OPEC's authority would be severly restrained and poor USA would have to bow to the whims of Paris. Should war kill thousands of Isrealis- ce la vie.
Its almost too revolting to imagine.
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02/13/2003 3:26:43 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: knighthawk
Bump for later reading.
To: knighthawk
Excellent read - thanks!
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02/13/2003 3:46:34 PM PST
by
Ryle
To: knighthawk
One wonders what kind of blackmail movies Saddam made of Chirac back in the nuclear plant selling days.
Perhaps similar to Scott Ritter's teenie-bopper honey trap videos?
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02/13/2003 3:56:14 PM PST
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Travis McGee
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To: knighthawk; piasa; dennisw; FITZ; Sabertooth; Yehuda
Chirac is a confirmed bribe-taker, is he not?
Perhaps the blackmail which allows Saddam to lead Chirac by the nose is proof of million dollar Swiss accounts for "services rendered" in the nuclear plant deal?
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posted on
02/13/2003 3:58:21 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: knighthawk
read later
To: knighthawk; All
Take a look at this
France and Iraq
France's economic ties to Iraq
Opinion polls show almost 80% of people in France are against a US-led war against Iraq.
Many of those see American military and economic aims in Iraq as one and the same thing.
America's critics claim that America's policy on Iraq is driven by its appetite for oil.
But could similar claims be made about France?
click on link for the whole article
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posted on
02/13/2003 3:59:30 PM PST
by
Kaslin
To: knighthawk
BTTT
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02/13/2003 4:03:44 PM PST
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: knighthawk
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02/13/2003 4:10:37 PM PST
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geedee
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