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I always liked the independant way France thinks, like when they sold exocet missiles to argentina for their mirage fighters
It was so cute the way that the french technicians were right there in argentina, as the missiles were installed on the fighters, making certain that all systems were -go- minutes before the missiles were fired at the Sheffield
what a great people and what fantastic after sales service;
"....Paris contracted to sell a total of 133 Mirage F-1 fighters to Iraq..."
"...between 1981 and 1985, the value of French arms transfers to Iraq was US$5.1 billion..."
"...Iraq also bought more than 400 Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles and at least 200 AS30 laserguided missiles between 1983 and 1986. Second, unlike most other suppliers, France adopted an independent and unambiguous arms sales policy towards Iraq..."
"....Police in the western German cities of Mannheim and Cologne have opened inquiries into a German-Russian businessman suspected of masterminding the illegal supply of weapons to Iraq, ..."
"...Iraq's report says the equipment was either sold or made by more than 30 German companies...."
"....SMOKING GUN: German exports may have helped build Iraqi weapons...."
"....nuclear expert and a weapons inspector in 1996.
According to Iraq's accounting, the real help came from German experts and companies, in particular H&H Metallform, which sold the Iraqis old designs for centrifuges...."
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