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#237309 - 12/10/2004 09:29 EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3732514.stm

Is this going to help stability in the Middle East?

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#237310 - 13/10/2004 01:44 Re: EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya [Re: tahir]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Wow, and that has been going on as long as I can remember. Back to the Future 1, anyone?
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#237311 - 13/10/2004 02:06 Re: EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya [Re: FireFox31]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Well, we don't need to worry, then, they'll just have a shiny bomb casing full of used pinball machine parts.
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#237312 - 13/10/2004 02:50 Re: EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya [Re: tahir]
CommOri
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Registered: 30/12/2001
Posts: 83
Quote:
Italy had argued for the lifting of the 18-year-old arms ban, so that it could supply Libya with hi-tech equipment intended to curb illegal migration.


This conjures up two thoughts:

(1) "Yeah, right."
(2) An international border stretching across the desert, spotted every 50 meters or so with auto-turrets.

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#237313 - 13/10/2004 07:29 Re: EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya [Re: CommOri]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
I'd say (1) makes sense to me, although a little bit of (2) might be on the Colonel's mind.

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