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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP (Farzin Mokhtarian)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Israel/Iran/arms
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 00:35:03 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  6 00:35:03 1986
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Subject: Re: Israel/Iran/arms

> What about those links: Western powers providing economical help to
> Brasil with large docummented military trade with Iran.
> Eastern powers (both USSR and China) supporting North Korea, which is
> another major Iranian supplier.
> What about anybody who supported (or traded with) Libia, Syria, Iraq
> etc.?   We got entire NATO, Warsaw Pact, Arab Ligue, India etc. etc.
> Why single Israel out?  It is nearly as arbitrary as an Arab oil
> embargo which was affecting Netherlands and (here, here!) Denmark.
> I am sure that if you would dig for a while, Danish government would
> be exposed to be as 'hideus' as Israel.           [Piotr Berman]

I agree with your point but I distinguish between economic and military trade.
  
I have focused on Israel because it is Israel which has suffered so much from
terrorism so one would expect Israel to be *specially* interested in curbing
terrorism.
  	   Farzin Mokhtarian