From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Phil Payne wrote:
>
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=businessNews&storyI
D=2006-11-27T122752Z_01_L27838663_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BAE-CONTRACT.xml
>
> "The Sunday Telegraph said the Saudi government was set to tear up its
> Eurofighter Typhoon agreement with Britain and give the jets contract to
> France if the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened Swiss bank accounts
> allegedly linked to members of the Saudi royal family as part of a
> long-running investigation."
>
> Dear me.  Can't go wandering around Saudi Arabia and Kuwait looking under
> rocks.  Heaven knows what you'll find.
> -

Oh quite. I think the Saudis have a case in that the Saudi figures involved
are all effectively covered by DipIm & all the vents took place in
Saudi & are thus under Saudi law etc.

It's a bit like if the Saudi religious police started involving themselves
in investigating if UK ministers had ever drunk alcohol with Saudis in
London.

Adam

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