>>>Who supported and harboured Bin Laden against the Russian Red Army? And who continued to support the Talibans for a full year after they took power? The USA, I'm afraid. If you feed rats, you have to expect to get bitten from time to time.<<
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>You point is very well taken - and a caveat for all the European companies who have been very anxious to resume business as usual - including chemical business - with Iraq. I fear this is going to prove to have been a very big mistake.

Charles,

I couldn't agree more. I still haven't forgotten the attempted sale of that enormous canon to Iraq by English big business.

Cheers,
Neil