"...the M113s were planned to form the core of a new armored division of the Iraqi army, alongside Hungarian-made T-72 tanks."
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1034590&C=europe Posted 08/15/05 15:42 Switzerland Freezes Armored Vehicle Deal with Iraq By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERN Switzerland said Aug. 15 that it would freeze a deal to send armored personnel carriers to Iraq until Baghdad guaranteed that the vehicles would not be used in combat operations. Economics Minister Joseph Deiss has ordered his staff to ensure that the 180 APCs will only be used for �police services, border protection and transport of material� before giving approval for the sale, a ministry spokesman said. The announcement in June that Switzerland planned to offload 180 of its U.S.-made M113 vehicles to the United Arab Emirates provoked controversy. Under the deal, the UAE was then to donate the Swiss Army surplus hardware to Iraq. Critics across the Swiss political spectrum said this would breach the country�s longstanding tradition of neutrality, as well as legislation barring the export of military material to conflict zones. They also raised the specter of Switzerland or its interests becoming a target for terrorists. Swiss authorities had said that the APCs were due to be used to protect Iraqi security forces, which are the target of regular attacks by rebel groups, and that the deal did not break the law. But Swiss media, citing the specialized U.S. outlet Defense Industry Daily, reported that the M113s were planned to form the core of a new armored division of the Iraqi army, alongside Hungarian-made T-72 tanks. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hm0cv28/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124148164/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
