October 13, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

Algeria has been trying to buy arms from France for the past year.
The deal was almost complete, but it fell through at the last moment.

France refused to divulge the country of origin of all the components that went into the deal. Algeria wanted to make certain that no Israeli parts were in the systems they were buying. France would not bend. So the deal went sour.

The details of the deal were described in the Algerian paper el Khabar. A high level source in the Algerian Defense Ministry said that a contract of this sort is not new for Algeria. He said his country added the same clause when they were buying helicopters from Britain and buying battleships from Italy.

Algeria is the third largest military spender in the region when it comes to outfitting an army.

Algeria throws around a lot of money.
Algeria is boycotting Israel.

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