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2010-03-03 Europe

Italy: Police arrest nine suspected Iranian arms traffickers

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Posted by tipper 2010-03-03 06:32|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Italy is one of Iran's largest trading partners in the European Union.

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Italy will be another front on the war on terror if it doesn't get it together. Paying ransoms over the years appeases no one.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-03-03 12:06|| 2010-03-03 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 I seem to recall that Germany was Iran's biggest trading partner... although whether that was overall or just in Europe I do not recall.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-03 23:08|| 2010-03-03 23:08|| Front Page Top

#3 German firms played a major role in constructing the tunnels Iran has been using in its nuclear program. Germans also exported a fair amount of forbidden processing equipment, including centrifuges.

Posted by lotp 2010-03-03 23:22|| 2010-03-03 23:22|| Front Page Top

#4 German firms also built Saddam Hussein's underground bomb-proof palaces, but we needn't mention that -- it would poison the atmosphere.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-03 23:47|| 2010-03-03 23:47|| Front Page Top

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