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2006-08-20 Britain
Brit hi-tech military gear given to Iran used by Hezb'Allah
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Posted by lotp 2006-08-20 16:05|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 And Iran has probably now reverse-engineered the gear and can manufacture its own version for use against us in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank you very much, drug abusers.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-08-20 16:22||   2006-08-20 16:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Air-burst White Phosphorus plays hell with NVG's, and it burns like a sumbitch. Next time in use my Willie Peter 155 rounds.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-20 16:42||   2006-08-20 16:42|| Front Page Top

#3 my 'more' duhhhh.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-20 16:43||   2006-08-20 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, it's called "identification". No big, I do it once a while. ;-)

Beside WP, EMP may be helpfull as well. If there's will there's a way.

UK gummint needs to do something yesterday, remember the radioactive material intercepted recently by Bulgarians?
Posted by twobyfour 2006-08-20 17:17||   2006-08-20 17:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Identification - not just a river in Africa.
Posted by 6 2006-08-20 17:21||   2006-08-20 17:21|| Front Page Top

#6 you're blaming the drug users, try blaming the gov agency that gaye the shit too them in the first place
Posted by honkey 2006-08-20 17:35||   2006-08-20 17:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Expect no help from the Foreign Office twobyfour, they are known to be pro-Arabist.
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-20 17:36||   2006-08-20 17:36|| Front Page Top

#8 "Thank you very much, drug abusers."

No. Thank you very much stupid credulous BASTARDS that did not anticipate that the Iranians would use the gear for purposes other than what they stated.

NOTHING, not even a slice of bread, should go to Iran from the West.
Posted by Texas Redneck 2006-08-20 18:24||   2006-08-20 18:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Drug abusers provide the funds to Iran and other terrorists.
Efforts to restrict the drug trade and accompanying money stream divert resources from other areas. They also provide avenues for valuable technology to find its way into enemy hands - as you say, this should not happen anyway, and it is not the direct fault of the drug abusers, but the 'demand' provided by the drug abusers market is a root cause.
That said, I am not entirely averse to drug legalization - let's buy the stuff direct from the farmers at their price and give it away free to anyone who wants it, as long as they stay inside a compound someplace while they use it. Hand them a shovel, let them dig a grave, then give them all the drugs they want. Kind of harsh on the users - but better for everyone else.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-08-20 18:48||   2006-08-20 18:48|| Front Page Top

#10 No. Thank you very much stupid credulous BASTARDS that did not anticipate that the Iranians would use the gear for purposes other than what they stated.

NOTHING, not even a slice of bread, should go to Iran from the West.


Word, Texas Redneck. Your statement applies to everyone but our most staunch allies. Anyone care to recall the $43 MILLION dollar Taleban aid package sent by the Bush administration in 2001? The 1993 Trade Center bombing was final notice that the looming spectre of global terrorism would soon (if it hadn't already), overshadow the always puny war on drugs.

That said, I am not entirely averse to drug legalization - let's buy the stuff direct from the farmers at their price and give it away free to anyone who wants it, as long as they stay inside a compound someplace while they use it. Hand them a shovel, let them dig a grave, then give them all the drugs they want. Kind of harsh on the users - but better for everyone else.

Now you are making a lot more sense, Glenmore. And, no, it is not "[k]ind of harsh on the users" if they are also offered intensive counseling as an alternative to personal grave-digging. This would certainly beat our currently overcrowded prison system or Europe's horrendous "needle parks."
Posted by Zenster 2006-08-20 21:01||   2006-08-20 21:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Show me the money, mate. Now let's sit down and have some fish and chips.
Posted by Art">Art  2006-08-20 21:26||   2006-08-20 21:26|| Front Page Top

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