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Old 14th Nov 2008, 08:20
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Iceland sees red over RAF mission
In today's FT, news of another fine mess our wonderful Government has got us into:- Full article

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A planned Royal Air Force mission to Iceland is providing the latest flash point in the island’s increasingly strained relationship with Britain after the collapse of its banking system. The Icelandic government is under intense political and public pressure to turn away the RAF aircraft due to be deployed to a base outside Reykjavik in December on a Nato mission to defend the island’s airspace. Politicians of all persuasions and members of the public see the prospect of RAF jets flying over Iceland as unthinkable after Britain used an anti-terror act to freeze some Icelandic bank assets.
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