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2006-12-16 Britain

Blair defends scrapping of probe into Saudi deal

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Posted by Steve White 2006-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tony has much more important things to occupy his time.
Blair: Coming days crucial for ME peace
British PM to visit Egypt, Israel, the PA and the UAE over the next few days.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-16 06:08|| 2006-12-16 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Clearly succumbed to Blackmail/Extortion.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-16 08:24|| 2006-12-16 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Christ, he's got to squash this ASAP. If he allows any probing, BAE goes down. His "gifts" from the Sauds are in jeopardy. This discussion must be closed fast. The French understand.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-16 11:49|| 2006-12-16 11:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it may be time for Lockheed-Martin to open a can of WTO whipass on Blair; just cite something about subsidies and all as causing L-M to lose the sale of F-16/ F-22 to the UK. Let the WTO squirm about and if they happen to 'find' something, then Blair can still say that it wasn't his fault. And there is still time to revise the software in the JSF so they just happen to fall out of the sky at the most inopportune time.

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-12-16 19:56|| 2006-12-16 19:56|| Front Page Top

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