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| Africa Subsaharan |
| South Africa open to debate on cutting ties with Israel |
| 2006-07-15 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 SA is a world leader in rapes, rapists, and AIDS. _____antisemites deserve gratuitous knocks... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-07-15 21:55 |
| #5 Now, SA is run by commies with a racial vengeance against the West. Remember the 2001 durban reunion "against racism"? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-15 15:10 |
| #4 Shieldwolf, none of it is relevant any longer. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-15 15:08 |
| #3 South Africa has one of the world's best arms industries, developed during the apartheid period. Their 155mm howitzers (both towed and self-propelled) are used as a benchmark for judging other artillery. They developed a whole series of infantry weapons and light armoured vehicles that have been combat tested and even adopted by the US : the Rhino wheeled APC and the 6-shot 40mm gernade launcher. Also, South Africa is one of the world's biggest diamond exporters and Israel is a diamond cutting center. During the "Pariah" decades of the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s, the two countries developed a wide-ranging trade relationship that included Taiwan as well. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-07-15 14:49 |
| #2 "This came after Muslim groups and trade unions in South Africa called for the government to cut ties with the Jewish state and impose a trade boycott." Just exactly what does South Africa have to trade? They're no longer exporting anything, just like Zimbob's country. |
| Posted by: Xenophon 2006-07-15 14:03 |
| #1 Muzzie whining. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-15 08:02 |