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Some committee members worry that the French will gain access to American missile technology of the sale goes through. Admittedly, this should generate some uneasiness. The French might well use this knowledge to build advanced weapons and sell them to Third World nations like Libya. Keeping the technology secret keeps such weapons from some of the world's nut cases...
...either the U.S. Defense Department or the President can restrict or veto the sale. Last week, reflecting growing concern over the ^ deal, the review process was extended to late July. One particularly sensitive point being raised is Thomson-CSF's record of supplying arms to rogue governments, including Libya and Iraq. Already, 45 Senators and many Congressmen have petitioned President Bush to stop the sale. Argues Senator Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services technology subcommittee: "There isn't a country in the world that would permit the U.S. through a government-owned company to purchase its defense...
...meant Lovejoy)), who had struck bargains on weapons to the benefit of Iran," passed information to the Iranian embassy in Beirut about the team's travel plans. Reported to be a onetime State Department security officer, Lovejoy is alleged to have become a double agent with CIA connections in Libya. His CIA code name was said to be "Nutcracker...
...refusing once again to hand over two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Gaddafi discovered just how hard U.N. sanctions could bite. On Wednesday, after the World Court declined Gaddafi's request to halt the sanctions, a ban on commercial flights in and out of Libya went into effect. Cairo and Tunis ordered Libyan planes headed for their countries to turn around, and Rome even dispatched several F-104 jets to intercept a Libyan passenger plane about to enter Italian airspace...
Many countries also began expelling Libyan embassy staffers, who were forced to fly to Malta and then take the ferry to Tripoli. Some 1,000 Americans and 10,000 Europeans work in Libya, but so far, most have elected to stay. Surprisingly, nearly the whole Arab world went along with the sanctions, though some Arab diplomats complained that the U.S. had not exhausted the diplomatic game before spearheading the campaign for the embargo...