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Originally posted by Pig Iron:
The Washington Times and Fox News are reporting that a French defense company has been selling Mirage fighter and Gazelle helicopter parts to Iraq. The allegation stems from the fact that the company sold the parts to the UAE who doesn't have any such aircraft. The UAE then transferred them to an unnamed 3rd country who supplied them to Iraq...this has been tracked to atleast january of this year and prior to that.
Interesting....
yeah, i was actually listening to a report of that on cnn last night.

french officials denied it up to about 11pm last night. since then, they've denied comment

i dunno what kinda truth is in there or what will come with it, so its not fair to simply assume it has merit. however, if it does, it woudl then instantly link 3 of the strongest anti-war countries (france, germany, and russia) as three of the most deal-doing countries with iraq (and those still waitin for some big ass checks!)

further, france, selling a country arms that should not be receiving arms, due to various UN-carried suspensions, would be in a whole heap o' trouble.