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  3. From: afsfpel@cidsv03.cid.aes.doe.CA (Yves Pelletier)
  4. Subject: Re: NEWSFLASH : FALCON RELEASED
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan27.184958.22405@cid.aes.doe.CA>
  6. Sender: news@cid.aes.doe.CA (Network News)
  7. Reply-To: afsfpel@cidsv03.cid.aes.doe.CA (Yves Pelletier)
  8. Organization: Environment Canada
  9. References: <1993Jan26.164054.18600@westminster.ac.uk> <1993Jan20.131541.7755@ugle.unit.no> <1k6b88INN7kd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 18:49:58 GMT
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  14. In article <1k6b88INN7kd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>,
  15. aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
  16. |> 
  17.  
  18. <Lots of silliness deleted>
  19.  
  20. |> 
  21. |> I ___HEARD___ that the factory that the United Nations thought were making
  22. |> nuclear weapons were ACTUALLY making Falcon030 computers.
  23. |> 
  24. |> Since it was targeted by the U.S. and DESTROYED, we will have to wait
  25. |> another six months for Falcons.
  26. |> 
  27. |> I believe I heard a represenative from Iraq saying that they will "rebuild"
  28. |> this factory, however.
  29. |> 
  30. |> So, at least there is some good news.
  31. |> 
  32.  
  33. And I've heard that the Iraqi government just imposed a ban on the
  34. export of Falcons. A senior External Affairs official in Ottawa is
  35. quoted as saying
  36. "Well, that's the last straw!". Rumour has it we're sending in the Canadian
  37. Navy.
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  41. Yves Pelletier                               afsfpel@cid.aes.doe.ca
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