Britain Ordered to Pay Iran $650M Over Nixed Arms Deal
Reported: 21:46 PM - Apr/25/10
(IsraelNN.com) The International Court of Justice in the Hague ordered the government of Britain on Sunday to pay Iran $650 million over an arms agreement that was signed in the 1970s but was never carried out. Reports in British media, the government accepted the ruling and the money is available.
The deal was for 1,500 Chieftan tanks and 250 other military vehicles. Britain cancelled the deal after the Islamic revolution ousted the Shah.
U.K. ordered to pay Iran $650m for canceled arms deal
April 25, 2010 By Haaretz Service
An international arbitration court in The Hague on Sunday ordered the British government to pay Iran $650 million in compensation for a canceled 1970s arms deal.
The compensation money, which is now waiting to be withdrawn, is to cover an outstanding 1971-1976 deal canceled after the Islamist Revolution deposed the Shah. The Shah had ordered 1,500 Chieftain battle-tanks and 250 military vehicles, according to The Independent.
Britain's International Military Service, which struck the deal with the Shah, and Iran's Defense Ministry will finalize the settlement in the coming weeks, according to The Independent.
Israeli Group Offers $10 Million for Information on MIA's
(IsraelNN.com) The Israeli based "Born to Freedom" Foundation is offering a $10 million reward for reliable information leading to the release of Israeli MIA's. The MIA's include Guy Hever, Ron Arad, Zvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Zachary Baumel, Majdy Halabi, as well as kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
A Reuters story on the group has reportedly upset the Hamas which kidnapped Shalit. The group's website (10million.org) appears in several languages including English, Hebrew and Arabic.
10million.org, an Austrian-based organization that offers a $10 million award to anyone who provides accurate information leading to the freeing of Israeli prisoners, placed an ad in the Arabic Reuters news service web page asking for information on the whereabouts of Gilad Shalit.
This greatly upset Hamas, which blamed Reuters for being "pro-Israel" and says that the wire service loses credibility by publishing such an ad.
Hamas also announced that the ad undermines their "national" security, and since Reuters is based in Britain, it proves that the British are Zionist and have been since the Balfour Declaration.
Monday, April 26, 2010
I mentioned yesterday that Hamas was upset at an on-line ad that was seen at the Reuters Arabic service site, offering a $10 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Gilad Shalit.
Reuters' response to the terrorist group is instructive.
Palestine Today reports that Reuters responded to the criticism, saying that it was an automated ad placed there by Google Ads, and not - Allah forbid! - placed by any Reuters staffers. After all, an ad that seeks to free a prisoner illegally held in an unknown location without any access to the Red Cross would be thoroughly offensive to any Reuters employee, right?
Reuters then cravenly added that they immediately acted to remove the ad, and "we are now taking steps to ensure non-recurrence of such things in the future."
Reuters additionally wrote back to the offended terrorist organization that Reuters has a long history of covering the Middle East in a neutral and accurate manner, stressing that they are committed to continuing this approach, they wrote "We are clear and faithful to our principles of integrity, independence and distance from bias."
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