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Old 03-30-2003, 03:40 PM   #15
richlevy
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Originally posted by MaggieL

Not to mention that Iraq hasn't finished paying France for the weapons for their last two wars. Or paid Russia for the stuff they bought from them...except perhaps the night-vision gear and the GPS jammers they bought recently; I suspect that was a cash deal.
Fortunately, the U.S. got the money up front for all of the equipment we sold Iraq when they were the 'lesser of many evils' in the region in the 70's.
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