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2006-07-09 Europe
The republic of deceit
When an anonymous letter-writer exposed corruption in France’s defence industry, a sinister drama unfolded, involving the Russian mafia and a chain of unexplained violent deaths. And the trail leads all the way to Chirac himself.
Posted by ryuge 2006-07-09 04:01|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The photo accompanying this article may be Rantburg-worthy as well, although it's not likely to have a long shelf-life.
Posted by ryuge 2006-07-09 04:07||   2006-07-09 04:07|| Front Page Top

#2 
This one?
Posted by 6 2006-07-09 07:57||   2006-07-09 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 The photo accompanying this article may be Rantburg-worthy as well, although it's not likely to have a long shelf-life.
Ben shiraq is already quite past his prime, according to supposed insiders, deaf, senile and and confused, yet he might seek a third mandate, he hinted at that. About 1% of french voters would go for him, IIRC.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-09 14:14||   2006-07-09 14:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Pic is nice and RB-suitable, though.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-09 14:15||   2006-07-09 14:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I was atOnished in Chirac's last interview when he told France would meet Brasil in fianl (an impossible thing since their roads converged on quarter finals). Chirac is not olne of those politicians who know about sports, in fact he is huge soccerr fan so after him telling this non-sense I began to ask me if he wasn't senile. Problem: he has nukes.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-07-09 17:28||   2006-07-09 17:28|| Front Page Top

#6 who's the lady behind him?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-07-09 17:59||   2006-07-09 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 That was cold, #6 Frank G.

I like it. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-07-09 19:02|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]  2006-07-09 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Me-ow.

Nice kitty, lol.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-07-09 19:06||   2006-07-09 19:06|| Front Page Top

#9 ;-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-07-09 20:38||   2006-07-09 20:38|| Front Page Top

#10 That's not a lady, that's Jack's wife
Posted by Captain America 2006-07-09 22:27||   2006-07-09 22:27|| Front Page Top

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