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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:41 PM Original message |
Italy probe unearths huge Iraq arms deal |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because if it comes out of Italy and it's about Iraq, it's true. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Seems to me the WH would want to bury this story, Whereas with the Italian |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. When you consider that some of the police we have armed ARE the |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't worry, everyone. I'm sure Condoleezza Rice will straighten this |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Thanks for the reminder. I feel better now. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. -- -- |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hi, O C! Good to see you! |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. She's on vacation.... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That's right. It couldn't have been foreseen. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. How many ways and from how many angles has PNAC screwed us? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tell me again; what does US know about Iraq???? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. .Here in Italy, Razzi expressed puzzlement at the Iraqi officials' circumvention of U.S. supply rout |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Baghdad official ADMITS they sought the weapons! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Remember this Doonesbury Cartoon? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. ha has. thanks. |
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ocd liberal (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I never saw that Thanks!! |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Let me get this straight, we have lost thousands of guns |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Meanwhile, Nouri al-Maliki plays footsie under the table with Iran |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. it is hardly under the table: they signed a joint pipeline deal during this trip |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. We were all wondering where Maliki was spending his vacation |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. those guns were not lost, they were just "recycled" and "resold" to the Iraqi government. Too bad |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. the ministry "doesn't ask the supplier how these weapons are obtained."......... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. no doubt some of our corporate war profiteers are supplying the arms |
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Decruiter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. This can't be good. Do we have any one to stand up for the "rule of law" anywhere in this |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. no, 'rule of law" in this case is what BigOil wants & that's to keep this war going until |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. so -- will this back channels deal be in the september report? |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. How many of these guns do you suppose already entered Iraq & killed |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Does that mean we bomb Italy now? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. al Maliki will no doubt cite Exec. Priv. regarding an Investigation. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Looks like Putin is laughing all the way to the bank with this arms deal |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I can't stand the (strategy of) tension n/t |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Russia doesn't produce AK47 |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The Russians DO produce the AKM-47 |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Iraqi purchashers said the weapons deal had been okayed by the U.S. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. that is my theory right now, too, PP |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Anybody know the number of weapons the Pentagon "lost" in Iraq--according to that recent |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-12-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. 110,000 European made AK-47's and 80,000 handguns, IIRC. (n/t) |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. The Shrubkid wanted to give them their freedoms |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-13-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. victor bout. nt |
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