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Cowan invites Saddam to Shannon
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Wednesday February 05, 2003 10:53 by James McKenna
Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Cowan said today that the Iraqi airforce can refuel at Shannon Airport! He also said the planes would be searched . Biffo made this faux pas while trying to silther out his admission of not checking the US planes. He said he did not expect the Iraqis to land at Shannon but I would hazard guess that if Saddam has any old jet at all and he hears of Biffos open offer to land and refuel unchecked he will not be able to resist.
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Cowen actually said on Morning Ireland that there are no bullets in
the US soldier's guns while they are passing through Shannon and so it
was therefore alright. He was trying to imply we were still neutral.
By similiar faulty logic, bombs and missiles are not actually weapons
until the instant they explode.