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2007-11-19 Britain

Britain caught lending $668 million to Iran

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Posted by lotp 2007-11-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 So this is how a once great nation crumbles into third world irrelevancy ?
Sell out anything and embrace dhimmitude. Pity that.

Posted by wxjames 2007-11-19 07:39|| 2007-11-19 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 They can repossess it once it's melted into a slag heap.

Posted by ed 2007-11-19 08:44|| 2007-11-19 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Ransom for their 15 soldiers? Even if not, still altogether disgusting.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-19 09:37|| 2007-11-19 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Zen has it right, I'm afraid. It was "please leave us alone" money. Ransom. Extortion. Exactly what Muzzies go for. Any wonder why they think the west is a pushover?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-19 09:39|| 2007-11-19 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran must be really scared of sanctions knowing that one of our main allies is subverting them from the beginning. I'm confident Germany and France are doing the same.

These 3 were responsible for the "Global Test" brand of diplomacy over the past 3-4 years that got us nowhere. Well, they probably got a bunch of nice contracts out of the discussion.

Posted by danking70 2007-11-19 10:11|| 2007-11-19 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 I wondered if this story was originally reported by The Australian, so I went to Google and searched for Britain lending $668 million Iran. A Google search brought up 116 items. Then I went to Google News and searched the same terms and got nothing. Which is curious because the article is available at The Australian.

So, it appears to have been originated at the Australian. How embarrassing for the Poms.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-19 10:44|| 2007-11-19 10:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Great idea. We need more of this international cooperation. Perhaps the UN needs to find other ways to provide financial support to Iran since we won't allow them to buy refined uranium.

Posted by John Kerry 2007-11-19 13:27|| 2007-11-19 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 This article has one good, unnoticed idea, DON'T BUY THEIR OIL, it'll hurt us, but destroy them.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-11-19 22:53|| 2007-11-19 22:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Isn't there a little Iranian port, RJ, where pretty much all their oil transits through?

Be a shame if there were an accident there - oil & gasoline being so explosive and all....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-11-19 23:00|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-11-19 23:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Isn't there a little Iranian port, RJ, where pretty much all their oil transits through?

It's called Kargh Island and, while not real little, it's nothing we couldn't bomb the shit out of in one pass.

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Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-19 23:35|| 2007-11-19 23:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Isn't there a little Iranian port, RJ, where pretty much all their oil transits through?

It's named Kargh Island and while not "little", it's only a few square miles and nothing we couldn't bomb the shit out of in one pass.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-19 23:41|| 2007-11-19 23:41|| Front Page Top

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