--- "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The French Connection > By WILLIAM SAFIRE > > France, China and Syria all have a common reason for > keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: the > three nations may not want the world to discover > that > their nationals have been illicitly supplying Saddam > Hussein with materials used in building long-range > surface-to-surface missiles... <snip most of article> > ...The French connection � brokering the deal among >the Chinese producer, the Syrian land transporter and > the > Iraqi buyer � is no great secret to the world's arms > merchants. French intelligence has long been aware > of it. The requirement for a French export license as > well as U.N. sanctions approval may have been > averted > by disguising it as a direct offshore sale from > China to Syria...
Just read this - 'illegal' _and_ stupid-in-the-long-run. How nice to confirm that greed is common to communist, republic-cum-military-regime and democratic governments; or is this further evidence that many corporations are so powerful as to be 'above the law?' Back to the 'game of chicken' analogy: it's possible to 'win' when the other guy swerves, but wrap your car around a tree because you were high-fiving your buddies and didn't see the obstacle in your path... Debbi GSV Disgusted 500+ New Posts To Read Again Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
