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  1. 8th March 2009, 10:13 AM #1
    Gadfly
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    Israeli helmets for Irish soldiers

    "AN ISRAELI company has beaten off rivals worldwide to supply the Irish Army with helmets.
    Israel, which has a booming arms industry, collaborated with an Irish partner to win the €2.5m competition to supply 12,000 ballistic helmets to the Defence Forces.

    The company, Rabintex Industries Ltd, a key player in the Israeli market for bullet-proof vests, glass and helmets, won the contract along with Daniel Technologies of Dublin."

    Hats off to Israelis for winning Irish Army helmet deal - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

    Just as well we didn't find any reason to invoke the human rights clause in the deal that allows Israeli goods privileged access to European markets, then. That fuss in Gaza was ages ago, after all - wasn't Bush still President way back then?

    Bygones be bygones and all that.
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  3. 8th March 2009, 10:16 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gadfly View Post
    "AN ISRAELI company has beaten off rivals worldwide to supply the Irish Army with helmets.
    Israel, which has a booming arms industry, collaborated with an Irish partner to win the €2.5m competition to supply 12,000 ballistic helmets to the Defence Forces.

    The company, Rabintex Industries Ltd, a key player in the Israeli market for bullet-proof vests, glass and helmets, won the contract along with Daniel Technologies of Dublin."

    Hats off to Israelis for winning Irish Army helmet deal - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

    Just as well we didn't find any reason to invoke the human rights clause in the deal that allows Israeli goods privileged access to European markets, then. That fuss in Gaza was ages ago, after all - wasn't Bush still President way back then?

    Bygones be bygones and all that.
    That report is dated

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  4. 8th March 2009, 10:23 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catalpa View Post
    That report is dated

    Monday January 23 2006
    So it is. I withdraw the above remarks, and ask the moderator to delete this thread.

    I accessed the article from a link from this piece in today's paper, but did not check the dateline.

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  5. 8th March 2009, 10:36 AM #4
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    Are they fitted with ear muffs?
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  6. 8th March 2009, 11:12 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Factorem View Post
    Are they fitted with ear muffs?
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