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REVENGE AS FRENCH LOSE £10BN DEAL
The Sunday Mirror (U.K.) ^ | 03/30/03

Posted on 03/29/2003 9:34:38 PM PST by Pokey78

Tony Blair has told officials to halt a £10billion defence contract won by a French firm - as revenge for Jacques Chirac's veto on UN backing for the war on Iraq.

He has ordered Ministers to stop the biggest maritime contract in British history going to French shipbuilders.

The deal for two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers which will be a lynchpin of Britain's defences for the next 20 years was split between UK-based BAE Systems and French firm Thales.

Thales were awarded their share on condition that much of the work was carried out in British shipyards, saving up to 10,000 jobs.

Now, following the US Pentagon's decision to ban any military contracts or co-operation with France, there is a move to rewrite the contract and switch all the work to British firms.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
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To: ApesForEvolution
I heard France's new flag is white, with a yellow stripe down the middle, and a brown pinstripe in the center.
81 posted on 03/29/2003 11:13:12 PM PST by TheLurkerX ("When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." Hunter S. Thompson)
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To: TheLurkerX
LOL! Yeah, I was twisting that one to fit here.
82 posted on 03/29/2003 11:35:17 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (Yes, let us allow the economies of gerdung, frunk, mexiztlan, chirushcom and canadastan to wither...)
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To: Pokey78
HooRah!
83 posted on 03/29/2003 11:40:35 PM PST by efnwriter (http://efreedomnews.com)
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To: TheLurkerX
"...When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..."

HEY! That's MY line..........FRegards

84 posted on 03/30/2003 1:47:59 AM PST by gonzo (No sense in being pessimistic - it wouldn't work anyway.....)
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To: Pokey78
What the French deserve ...


85 posted on 03/30/2003 3:11:57 AM PST by Madstrider
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To: gonzo
One more for good measure ...


86 posted on 03/30/2003 3:13:35 AM PST by Madstrider
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To: Pokey78
Well done Tony Blair!
87 posted on 03/30/2003 3:16:13 AM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: AlextheWise1
>>Considering how the frenchies own carrier has worked so far...
>>why the hell did the british even think about this in the first place????

How dare you denigrate French naval might! Why, they have dominated the seas since Trafalger! And that carrier. It dominates the seas for tens of meters around it's drydock!


88 posted on 03/30/2003 3:22:13 AM PST by FreedomPoster
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I hope we follow their lead...not just with France, but Mexico, germany etc.

I'm really curious to see what Bush does with mexico later

89 posted on 03/30/2003 3:24:33 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod (Deus Lo Volt!)
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To: Pokey78

The Charles De GALL aircraft carrier can't go in a straight line since the port propeller fell off. They can circle around Saddam like a mofo though.

-Mal
90 posted on 03/30/2003 3:29:54 AM PST by Malsua
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To: spokeshave
No kidding, the last French carrier was a disaster. One of its propellers fell off on its first voyage… The deck was too short for the airplanes they wanted to use…
91 posted on 03/30/2003 3:48:14 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: spokeshave

Perhaps the Brits are using this as a way out of a contract with the Frogs who couldn't get their air craft carrier out of port!
92 posted on 03/30/2003 3:50:23 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Pokey78
This is an excellent idea and one that should be emulated here in the USA. I'm sure that some defense contracts are going to French, Canadian, or German companies. We should stop, cancel, prevent any of these contracts now and in the future. It makes no sense to fund these anti-American regimes. Maybe O'Reilly, or someone with that exposure level, can do an expose on these anti-American regimes doing military work for us.
93 posted on 03/30/2003 4:18:18 AM PST by VoteHarryBrowne2000 (my $.02)
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To: Pokey78
How sad for the French that they insist on electing gutless leaders.

Or is it that gutless men are all that are available?
94 posted on 03/30/2003 4:43:30 AM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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To: gonzo
Haha! Hunter's great, isn't he?
95 posted on 03/30/2003 7:54:18 AM PST by TheLurkerX ("When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." Hunter S. Thompson)
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To: TheLurkerX
"...Haha! Hunter's great, isn't he?..."

Crazy as a shit-house rat, Lurk. The best movie made on his Vegas book was: "Where the Buffalo Roam", Starring Bill Murray...........FRegards

96 posted on 03/30/2003 3:41:11 PM PST by gonzo (No sense in being pessimistic - it wouldn't work anyway.....)
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To: Pokey78


How Sweet It Is!
97 posted on 03/30/2003 4:06:45 PM PST by gitmo ("The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain." GWB)
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To: Pokey78


98 posted on 03/30/2003 4:23:15 PM PST by geedee
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To: gonzo
Haha, Good movie. He's always good for a laugh. I guess when you shot straight ether into your bellybutton, and outlived your friends' deadpool, it's no surprise if you turn out like a sh*thouse rat with an Aspen compound.
99 posted on 03/30/2003 9:10:56 PM PST by TheLurkerX ("When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." Hunter S. Thompson)
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To: TheLurkerX
Lurk, left-click on gonzo at the bottom of this post. All my pics are gone (Netscape killed my website), but the quotes are there, and some links still work.

When I figure out this Road-Runner thingy, I'll get the pics back up. Stay well, pal............FRegards

100 posted on 03/30/2003 10:05:52 PM PST by gonzo (At my age, 'Getting Lucky' means finding my car in the parking lot.....)
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