Sunday, July 08, 2007



One hand washes the other

Last year, the British government turned a blind eye to corruption and shut down an investigation into allegations that BAE paid the Saudi royal family hundreds of millions of pounds in bribes to secure a multi-billion pound arms deal in the 80's. Now, the Independent reports that Saudi Arabia is ordering billions of pounds of trainer jets from them as well. I guess they must like the "no questions asked" service...