well not to be technical but it does have sources. Jane's has a pretty good reputation. II haven't looked into it beyond that, and don't have time right now. But would it surprise me, no. We've sold Iran weapons in the past.
On Dec 5, 2007 7:15 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to doubt this article until I see some reference sources. How can > I stand against something that seems so real and logical? How about that the > writer can't write. His grammar suffers from the 'not an English speaker' > disease. Maybe its because English is his second language. Maybe its because > he just doesn't know how to write. Maybe its because he's more focused on > getting a point out about the evil Bush than anything else. > The article's source, http://www.globalresearch.ca, is a standard > anti-globalization/911 'truther' site which lowers its credibility in my > eyes. The fact that there's no direct link to back up its claims lowers it > even more. A little research to see if Janes actually said what he's > reporting comes up empty which is what I think of the article. > > On Dec 5, 2007 6:23 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "The capitalistic motto that perpetuates the Anglo-American Military > > Industrial Complex (MIC) is "create ogres then slay them for profits." > > > > While the US government is allegedly escalating rhetoric against Iran > > , and tightening economic sanctions against that country, the MIC was > > selling this year the Iranians through publicly available channels > > F-14 aircraft parts. > > > > According to Jane's Intelligence report, the US Government > > Accountability Office (GAO) reported on August 1, 2007 that more than > > 1,400 parts that are unique to the US Navy's (USN's) Grumman F-14 > > Tomcat fighter aircraft were sold to Iran through publicly available > > channels in February 2007. These sales occurred despite a January 2007 > > announcement by the US Department of Defense (DoD) that all such sales > > would be suspended until DoDs Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) had made > > improvements to its security procedures. (Jane's Intelligence Report, > > 2007). > > > > The Tomcat was a strike fighter with a high price tag of $38 million > > per plane that the United States sold to Iran in the 1970s, when the > > Shah of Iran gave the US and Britain full access for oil exploration > > and exploitation. The Pentagon retired its F-14 last fall and hired > > contractors for hundred of millions of dollars to allegedly dismantle > > the planes and to ensure that the parts are destroyed and not sold to > > countries that are considered hostile to the United Stated by the Bush > > administration. > > > > This type of duplicitous policy is a standard operating procedure on > > the stage of international politics, where drama, fear, and wars are > > choreographed by the the financial masters of the world. > > > > Meanwhile, everyone awaits the occurrence of an artificial trigger > > operation that will terrify the public and will justify the invasion > > of Iran , which in turn will secure the complete control of the > > straits of Hormuz, and with it, the oil supplies of the world. > > > > That in turn would force the west-dependent Chinese and Russians into > > compliance with the new world order guidelines. That would also deter > > the Chinese from dumping more dollars, which in turn would delay the > > death of the greenbacks that will eventually vanish with the North > > American Union when the time is right, and as Mexico 's internal > > conflicts worsen. Then, the dollar will be replaced with another > > spurious fiat currency as the new reserve currency of the world. > > > > Creating pseudo-monsters and destroying them is an essential element > > for profiteers, because conflict makes profits and promotes population > > control. Conflict and wars are a necessary angel that the elites have > > employed for centuries to advance their political agenda, and to gain > > full control of the world. When you can't conquer financially, you > > subjugate militarily. > > > > The neocons' allegedly creative destruction strategy is a key > > ingredient to devise and mold this new world order, in which they > > render the planet into a jail where everyone is microchipped, and as a > > reward they would run it by proxy for the invisible financial > > Oligarchy. Unfortunately, if the plans go awry these neocons will > > become the neo-sacrificial lambs. > > > > Humans are desperately compulsive and do not learn from history. They > > will continue their erroneous march by repeating the same > > self-destructive patterns of behavior, until they eventually succeed > > in eradicating themselves and their planet." > > > > http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=24415 > > > > Some neat conspiracy theories included in the piece as well ^_^ > > hee hee hee > > .... > > or are they? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
