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Old 07-04-2006, 09:27 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Turkey and the EU

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Originally Posted by girlfriday
It might interest some to learn that Iraq owes Russia over 70 billion dollars, and to France over 30 billion, presumably in both cases, for large military expenditures.
Thnx. I didn't know that ... must be slipping.

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Originally Posted by girlfriday
Not surprising that the West has an interest in Iraq's mineral wealth. There is also a massive Natural Gas pipeline from Russia that goes straight through Turkey on its way to the Med. Turkey thus becomes a key player in the distribution of energy to the West
The West has an interest in evryone's wealth and resources. and will do anything - literally anything - to gain control over them.

Who the hell do folks think blew up that shrine in Iraq for instance?
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