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Originally Posted by Jinto
Nah, I for one don't. Money is thicker than blood... or something like that... and besides there is no specific business mentioned.
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i hope thats true
but any business dealings between countries has to be approved by the government itself (who can also forbid such trade).
and in the middle east you'll be surprised how thick blood can be.
you need to remember that this is Iraq we're talking about here.
even by the standards of the Arab world, Iraq's always been exceptionally hateful of Israel.
the country doesn't even share a border with Israel, and yet sent ground forces to aid in attacking it during several wars
the country that offered cash rewards to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers for killing Israeli civilians.
the country that, during desert storm, while at war with half the world, took time out of its busy schedule to fire 40 Scuds at Israel (who wasn't even involved in the war).
when, after Saddam was overthrown, some american diplomat commented that he doesn't think there is any reason why the new Iraq wouldn't be able to establish relations with Israel, the immediate official Iraqi government response was to reject that possibility outright.
publicly admitting that trade exists between the two countries is politically damaging to the Iraqi government.
they may end up taking damage controlling actions to correct that.