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  • Halt enquiry or we cancel Eurofighters

    11/30/2006 10:10:33 PM PST · by xtinct · 50 replies · 2,692+ views
    Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 12-1-06 | Christopher Hope
    Saudi Arabia has given Britain 10 days to halt a fraud investigation into the country's arms trade - or lose a £10 billion Eurofighter contract. The contract supports up to 50,000 British jobs and there are now fears that the deal may go to France. The Saudi government is on the verge of cancelling the contract - an extension of one brokered by Margaret Thatcher 20 year ago - because of a Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations of a slush fund for members of the Saudi royal family, according to authoritative sources. Tony Blair has been told that the...