subgenius
7th March 2003, 06:42 PM
They are our friends and Bush family friends right? And almost all the 9-11 hijackers were Saudi, right?
Anyway they have fun public executions and floggings.
(See "Day in the life of an executioner" thread in Banter)
Business with Iraq is good with Kuwait, too, and France as we will see later.
Saudis Get More Business From Iraq
RIYADH, 8 March 2003 — Export contracts awarded by Iraq to Saudi companies have broken the SR500 million barrier in two months, despite war fears, according to Al-Watan daily.
Saudi exporters won contracts valued at SR376.4 million in February, with the total value of contracts in two months reaching SR547 million. Saudi investors’ interest in Iraq is at an all-time high, the paper noted, despite fears of an imminent US-led war.
Competition comes from a Kuwaiti company operating through a group of 60 Gulf investors in Iraq, a Saudi businessman revealed.
The recent registration of 15 Saudi companies brings the total number of Saudi companies in Iraq to 100.
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=23435
Iraq strengthens air force with French parts
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A French company has been selling spare parts to Iraq for its fighter jets and military helicopters during the past several months, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
The unidentified company sold the parts to a trading company in the United Arab Emirates, which then shipped the parts through a third country into Iraq by truck.
The spare parts included goods for Iraq's French-made Mirage F-1 jets and Gazelle attack helicopters.
An intelligence official said the illegal spare-parts pipeline was discovered in the past two weeks and that sensitive intelligence about the transfers indicates that the parts were smuggled to Iraq as recently as January.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030307-545570.htm
(Warning: The Washington Times is owned by Moonies, isn't it?)
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean the information is inaccurate.
Anyway they have fun public executions and floggings.
(See "Day in the life of an executioner" thread in Banter)
Business with Iraq is good with Kuwait, too, and France as we will see later.
Saudis Get More Business From Iraq
RIYADH, 8 March 2003 — Export contracts awarded by Iraq to Saudi companies have broken the SR500 million barrier in two months, despite war fears, according to Al-Watan daily.
Saudi exporters won contracts valued at SR376.4 million in February, with the total value of contracts in two months reaching SR547 million. Saudi investors’ interest in Iraq is at an all-time high, the paper noted, despite fears of an imminent US-led war.
Competition comes from a Kuwaiti company operating through a group of 60 Gulf investors in Iraq, a Saudi businessman revealed.
The recent registration of 15 Saudi companies brings the total number of Saudi companies in Iraq to 100.
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=23435
Iraq strengthens air force with French parts
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A French company has been selling spare parts to Iraq for its fighter jets and military helicopters during the past several months, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
The unidentified company sold the parts to a trading company in the United Arab Emirates, which then shipped the parts through a third country into Iraq by truck.
The spare parts included goods for Iraq's French-made Mirage F-1 jets and Gazelle attack helicopters.
An intelligence official said the illegal spare-parts pipeline was discovered in the past two weeks and that sensitive intelligence about the transfers indicates that the parts were smuggled to Iraq as recently as January.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030307-545570.htm
(Warning: The Washington Times is owned by Moonies, isn't it?)
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean the information is inaccurate.