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leveymg

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1. Behind every arms trader is a spy and a bureaucrat.

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 03:58 PM

Apr 2015

In this case, it was David Petraeus' CIA and Hillary Clinton's State Dept that pushed regional regime change most forcefully. The Qatari secret service was the cutout for this little operation that did violate several UN arms embargoes.

Lay credit where it belongs.

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Behind every arms trader is a spy and a bureaucrat. leveymg Apr 2015 #1