Russia Signs Arms Deal With Venezuela

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The head of Russia's state arms-trading agency said Thursday that Russia has signed contracts with Venezuela for 24 military planes and 53 helicopters, the Interfax news agency reported.

The comments by Sergei Chemezov, director-general of Rosoboronexport, were reported as being made on the sidelines of a Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Venezuela's anti-U.S. president Hugo Chavez.

The report did not specify what model planes or helicopters had been sold, but cited Chemezov as saying arms deals worth more than $3 billion had been signed with Venezuela over the past 18 months.

The United States has sharply objected to Russian arms deals with Venezuela; Washington imposed an arms embargo on Venezuela this year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5977204,00.html

[leesa]

1. I'll bet the aeronautics manufacturers are pissed with the WH on this one!

Kaaaaching!

[Joanne98]

2. Now watch the US try to stop the delivery.

[Tellurian]

3. Oh yeah! Bush will call up every blk ops team to thwart

production AND delivery of Russian Arms..

"MERCENARY'S R US" just cranked into high gear...

[Joanne98]

5. They'll tell Putin to take the money then burn them.

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4. Every time I read about

this kind of thing, all I hear is the "US protests strongly", the "US is trying every measure to stop this", US is upset, highly bristling sharply objecting, etc etc.

It suddenly occurred to me what we are doing: we are like the disgruntled customer at Circuit City. We are causing a huge stink about a CD player we're returning. We drag in the manager, several clerks and some customers to boot, causing an enormous drain on everyone's time.

We're just a huge problem-maker around the world. What are we doing about our own productivity? It seems like all we do is bitch.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. The "Decider" just keeps on "Uniting" - ain't he just GRAND????

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