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2004-01-20 Arabia

UAE,Qatar to waive most Iraq debt after Baker trip

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Posted by Steve 2004-01-20 3:09:07 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Velvet Hammer delivers yet another blow.

"Sheikh, you wouldn't BELIEVE some of the stuff ol' saddam is tellin us boys! I'm gonna make you an offer you cain't refuse."

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-20 3:18:38 PM|| 2004-1-20 3:18:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember all the gnashing of teeth by our liberal buddies when it was announced that the Axis of Weasels couldn't participate in the US contracts on Iraq being bid? How this would make Baker's job impossible because the various weasels would retaliate and not cancel Iraqi debt?

Yep, they said that. And look what happened: Qatar, UAE, France, Germany, China and Russia all agreed to cancel a big chunk of Iraqi debt.

Guess Baker's better than we thought. Or is briefcase is.

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-20 3:27:07 PM|| 2004-1-20 3:27:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Brother Baker is doing pretty well.... but ideally not only would they forgive the debt, they would help finance the War. I like to show a small profit on these interventions.

Hmmmmm... Has Baker been to SA yet?

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-20 3:47:13 PM|| 2004-1-20 3:47:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure Gary Hart will undercut Baker by leaking details from his own secret negotiations with all these countries.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-20 5:28:32 PM|| 2004-1-20 5:28:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 We'd like to leak Gary Hart all over the Arapaho Basin ski area, about 2 grams per drop. Please, somebody, keep him from coming back to Colorado! The hog farms smell like roses compared to "Hartache" Hart. Why couldn't he go to Jamaica and start a really bad Reggae band or something?

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-1-20 8:16:29 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-1-20 8:16:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Agreed, OP! Can't we, like, arrange for Hart-less to go back to his yacht and sail off into the sunset? Preferrably forever?

Ed

Posted by Ed Becerra 2004-1-20 9:54:27 PM|| 2004-1-20 9:54:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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