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Europe
Foreign Minister slams Wallonian arms trade
2005-03-08
Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht has demanded an end to Wallonian arms sales to Tanzania.
Those damm Wallonian's, I never trusted them.
De Gucht said the decision by the French-speaking community to help build an armaments factory in Tanzania totally undermined efforts by the federal government to stabilise the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. His comments were made to Belgian daily newspaper De Standaard. The New Lachaussee factory in Liege is currently delivering machines to modernise the production line at a munitions factory in Tanzania. "The Wallonian region maintains that these machines will only be used to produce munitions for the Tanzanian army. The reality is that in the near future, people in the East of Congo will be killed by these bullets," said De Gucht.
"And the north, south, east...."
Posted by:Steve

#1  The Walloons, or the French speaking community of Belgium, are the hereditary aristocracy, as is the King. The Flemish speakers are the peasants. Even today (or at least the mid-1990s)in many businesses, management is made up of Walloons, while the Flems are labour. And of course, the Belgian Congo used to be the personal property of the King of the Belgians, the Supreme Walloon himself.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-03-08 8:53:32 PM  

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