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Report: Russia to sell Libya weapons in $1.8 billion dealJanuary 30, 2010 4:26 p.m. EST
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News agency: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced contract with Libya on Saturday
Putin said $1.8 billion deal was "not only for small arms and light weapons," report says
Russia's arms export agency previously said it had five military contracts with Libya
Those deals included equipment to modernize T-72 tanks, arms agency said

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Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Russia signed a deal with Libya to provide nearly $2 billion in arms to the North African nation, Russian state media reported Saturday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the contract with Libya on Saturday, news agency RIA Novosti reported.

The agency did not have specifics of the 1.3 billion euro ($1.8 billion) deal inked Friday, but reported that Putin said it was "not only for small arms and light weapons."

Rosoboronexport, Russia's government-run arms export agency, previously said it had five military contracts with Libya that included "military equipment for its ground forces and the navy, the modernization of T-72 tanks and spare parts supplies," RIA Novosti reported.

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MySoulRefuge
MySoulRefuge
It's not any news to me,... Word of God The Holy Bible prophecies are being fulfilled.Soon Russia, China, Iran , Lybia and surrounding Arab nations will get together to attack Israel. But Thank God they will not succeed because those wickeds shall taste wrath for attacking God's chosen.Israel fret n ...more
It's not any news to me,... Word of God The Holy Bible prophecies are being fulfilled.
Soon Russia, China, Iran , Lybia and surrounding Arab nations will get together to attack Israel. But Thank God they will not succeed because those wickeds shall taste wrath for attacking God's chosen.
Israel fret not, God is always with you. less
4 hours ago | Like | Report abuse Guest
Guest I've read in Swiss papers they also sold fighter jets and anti-missile defence systems...Is that true?
9 hours ago | Like | Report abuse Guest
Guest
People die every second. What does it matter what Russia does. If we all blow up the world, so be it.After a couple of minutes no one will know what hit them anyway. I do not live the high life like these leaders so they have more to lose than me. I'm 57, near the end anyway. Hopefully I get to see ...more
People die every second. What does it matter what Russia does. If we all blow up the world, so be it.After a couple of minutes no one will know what hit them anyway. I do not live the high life like these leaders so they have more to lose than me. I'm 57, near the end anyway. Hopefully I get to see world war 3 and for it to end mankind,then what will be their next step? LMAO! less
14 hours ago | Like (1) | Report abuse SamRam
SamRam
World Peace:Our expressions of love and compassion create a world at peace. With every loving thought we hold, every kind word we express, we contribute to a world at peace. Each of us has the power to love and the ability to be patient and forgiving, no matter what is happening. Even in the appeara ...more
World Peace:

Our expressions of love and compassion create a world at peace. With every loving thought we hold, every kind word we express, we contribute to a world at peace. Each of us has the power to love and the ability to be patient and forgiving, no matter what is happening. Even in the appearance of turmoil and trouble, we can affirm: Peace, be still.

We can still troubled waters with the power of our love. As we go about our day, we express compassion wherever possible.

As we pray, we see the divine good in our loved ones and we inspire others. Centered in the divine nature of our being and the oneness that we are, we are powerful. Our smallest acts combine with the actions of others to create a world at peace, a world that works for all.

~~ "So that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them."--John 17:26 less
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Scott603
Scott603
I'm not buying it SamRam! Those are just words. Most of the world lives in war, abject poverty, or some for of degrading servitude. Our war in Iraq has caused suffering few in American can possibly imagine, and as we dress our kids in shirts with peace symbols, and go to church today and listen to m ...more
I'm not buying it SamRam! Those are just words. Most of the world lives in war, abject poverty, or some for of degrading servitude. Our war in Iraq has caused suffering few in American can possibly imagine, and as we dress our kids in shirts with peace symbols, and go to church today and listen to messages of hope, close to none of use will devote even second of empathy or concern to the unimaginable horror that is Iraq. We will delude ourselves with thoughts that it was somehow a necessary part of some obscure war on terror, and go on happily ignoring reality thanks to the images that American newspapers do not print and American TV does not show. The world, for hundreds of millions of people, is a cold, dark, disease filled place of pain and horror. If you really want to fix it America needs to give money for foreign aid like other nations do. In terms of amount given per capita, or as a percentage of GNI we are near the bottom of the industrialized world. Yet, the impression the news media gives here is that we are at the top and other nations do very little. less
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Guest You are all missing the real story here. The real story is the Russian/Libya alliance predicted in the Bible in Ezekiel 38-39. War is coming to Israel through the hands of Russia,Libya and many other countries soon just as God told us it would.
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MySoulRefuge
MySoulRefuge Amen.
Those know it who believe than they see, it doesn't go vice versa like this world wants.
4 hours ago | Like | Report abuse Guest
Guest
I can understand that you would like to think that the BIble is a fantasy and I need to get with the real world. But I find it odd that there is a Book out there that predicted exactly what is going on in the middle east to the letter over 2000 years ago and you call it fantasy. That is what I call ...more
I can understand that you would like to think that the BIble is a fantasy and I need to get with the real world. But I find it odd that there is a Book out there that predicted exactly what is going on in the middle east to the letter over 2000 years ago and you call it fantasy. That is what I call "not living in the real world". That is sticking your head in the sand. If you don't believe me open the BIble and read it. Ezekiel 38-39. less
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Guest Whoever takes the bible this literally has some serious issues. Get with the real world, this isn't some biblical fanatasy that will play out just as the book tells it. Your biblical prediction is nothing more than religious fanatacism.
13 hours ago | Like (4) | Report abuse Scott603
Scott603 ooops, i meant to say "still think the earth is flat."
14 hours ago | Like (5) | Report abuse Scott603
Scott603 Yeah, and BBC ran a story a couple years ago about all the people who still think the earth.
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bob5304
bob5304 Just want the world needs more weapons, when will both sides learn this always come back to haunt them.
20 hours ago | Like (1) | Report abuse Frog4America
Frog4America
Nothing unusual here, rogue regimes are Russia, France and Germany's preferred export markets because they don't have to compete with Anglo companies there and their systematic opposition to the US gives them preferred partner status among the bad guys.There is, however, something profoundly unfair ...more
Nothing unusual here, rogue regimes are Russia, France and Germany's preferred export markets because they don't have to compete with Anglo companies there and their systematic opposition to the US gives them preferred partner status among the bad guys.

There is, however, something profoundly unfair in that all three countries are also allowed to compete for deals in Iraq despite siding with Saddam against the coalition. The US should force them to choose a side and accept the consequences. Either deal with rogue regimes and back out of regions where you fought against human rights or abstain from dealing with enemies of democracy. less
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Guest We all know that what we may see today is the end of the United States of America. Perhaps we'd better stop uncontrol money emmision and start to do real bussines like other countries such as Russia, France an Germany.
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torvill
torvill Forget Libya - it's under no threat. Russia needs to deliver that S300 air defense system to Iran pronto. Only way of deterring further Israeli aggression and provoking more anti West terrorism. That neocon lunatic Blair at the Iraq inquiry yesterday showed the importance.
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Scott603
Scott603 Israel isn't dumb enough to invade Iran and Iran isn't dumb enough to invade Israel.
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Before one blindly sounds off, maybe one should look up some information on the T-72 tank. it was produced in 1971 (39 years ago), and the exported version doesn't even offer the lead shield against neutron radiation. It was already behind the curve when it was manufactured.In the 1982 Lebanon war, ...more
Before one blindly sounds off, maybe one should look up some information on the T-72 tank. it was produced in 1971 (39 years ago), and the exported version doesn't even offer the lead shield against neutron radiation. It was already behind the curve when it was manufactured.

In the 1982 Lebanon war, The Israeli military handily defeated the T-72 with the first generation Merkava (they're on the 4th generation now). It is true that the main gun is much more destructive than most modern tanks, but the T-72 lacks the maneuverability and evasion capabilities of most tanks produced since the late 1970s.

If a state wants to spend $2 billion to upgrade their flee less
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It is no secret that Russia would like to diminish the US' international status, as do China, Iran, Venezuela and a number of others, and supplying military equipment is just way of doing that. The bottom line, though, is that Russian equipment is cheaper and less complicated, thus it can be purchas ...more
It is no secret that Russia would like to diminish the US' international status, as do China, Iran, Venezuela and a number of others, and supplying military equipment is just way of doing that. The bottom line, though, is that Russian equipment is cheaper and less complicated, thus it can be purchased in larger quantities and maintained by a semi-skilled workforce. American equipment is generally more complicated and expensive, and its use is severely limited by Foreign Military Sales legislation. For the most part, for the average nation, buying Russian is easier and better value for money...more bang for the buck. less
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Guest Libya isn't the threat that we will have to worry about. The middle east is our big problem
23 hours ago | Like (1) | Report abuse Guest
Guest In this case I don't see Libya really becoming a threat.
23 hours ago | Like (1) | Report abuse ryan12
ryan12 Um, I pretty sure the people of Vietnam, Iraq, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Honduras, Cambodia, Panama and Laos at some point or another considered America a terrorist state as well.
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Guest
Guest
Not anytime soon! we're gonna be right here, in the Norther Hemisphere, between the Pacific and Atlantic, sandwiched between Canada and Mexico, and Canada and the Bering Sea, and twenty degrees above the equator a few thousand miles of the coast of Baja....ruling from out roost, actively engaging an ...more
Not anytime soon! we're gonna be right here, in the Norther Hemisphere, between the Pacific and Atlantic, sandwiched between Canada and Mexico, and Canada and the Bering Sea, and twenty degrees above the equator a few thousand miles of the coast of Baja....ruling from out roost, actively engaging any subortinates venturing out of our set boundaries, and beating them with the Democracy stick, less
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ryan12
ryan12 LMAO

God, you people are so hypocritical...the Russians can sell to whoever the hell they want to. That's globalization, isn't it, Mr. America?
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Guest As Americans we take our dominant status very seriously, as in cheering on our beastly appetite to "rule the world" So of course, we boo the lame attempts of underminding our role as "top dog"
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