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Title: Ukraine's Very Suspicious Weapons 'Purchase' Post by: Chef Ramsay on February 26, 2015, 08:22:51 PM Quote Defense News, a defense industry trade publication, just released a report entitled, Ukraine Signs Defense Deal with UAE. It led with: ABU DHABI — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal for unspecified military and technical cooperation with the UAE on Tuesday, and said negotiations are ongoing with the United States and unspecified European nations. Poroshenko told reporters at the IDEX show here that he hoped talks with the US would yield an agreement to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia. Poroshenko reportedly planned to meet with chief Pentagon weapons buyer, Frank Kendall, at the show. An arms deal between Ukraine and the UAE — what gives? The UAE is not a major producer of high technology weapons, but it is a big buyer of U.S. weapons, including missile defense systems, ground vehicles and rockets, and F-16s and Apache Helicopters, etc. Nicknamed by some as Little Sparta, the UAE has been and is a major ally of the US in most of the US wars since 1991. Today, the UAE is home to some of the most important US military facilities in the Middle East, including its only overseas F-22 base. More US strikes on ISIS come from the UAE than any other source. The UAE also is home to a spooky private mercenary army run by the secretive billionaire founder of infamous Blackwater Worldwide, Erik Prince, who now lives part time in Abu Dhabi. Note the pregnant suggestion of some kind of involvement by the Pentagon’s weapons acquisition czar in the second paragraph of the Defense News report. Is there a possibility that the UAE will end up being a back door for funneling arms and military assistance to the Ukraine? No one can say, but all of this is very mysterious. ... More...http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/february/24/ukraines-very-suspicious-weapons-purchase/ (http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/february/24/ukraines-very-suspicious-weapons-purchase/) Title: Re: Ukraine's Very Suspicious Weapons 'Purchase' Post by: bitgeek on February 26, 2015, 08:49:04 PM There's nothing better for business than war and where there's no war a threat of war is second best ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine's Very Suspicious Weapons 'Purchase' Post by: manis on February 27, 2015, 01:54:22 PM There's nothing better for business than war and where there's no war a threat of war is second best ;) I would say threat of war is even better for business. Get countries caught in arms race and you can laugh all the way to the bank. Title: Re: Ukraine's Very Suspicious Weapons 'Purchase' Post by: Nemo1024 on February 27, 2015, 08:39:30 PM UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied Kiev's official statement about purchase of weapons, saying that's its only a framework agreement about military cooperation:
http://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1797088 Title: Re: Ukraine's Very Suspicious Weapons 'Purchase' Post by: sickhouse on February 27, 2015, 08:52:05 PM Oh UAE is involved wow that's new :D they have been selling weapons to both sides since the petrodollar agreement came into action.
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