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Old 13th Sep 2003, 20:20
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Captain Sand Dune
 
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Well well well..................welcome to business Middle Eastern style!
Rest assured if BWoS don't do it, Mssrs Lockheed, Boing et al would. What is considered fraud, bribery etc in the Western World is merely the cost of doing business in the M.E.
Heard that when Prince Turki Bin Nasser (TBN to his mates) was the Saudi Defence Minister BWoS footed the bill for several weeks stay at the Grosvenor (or some such other flash pub) for him and his somewhat extensive entourage. Ran to several million pounds apparently. An extreme example, granted. However it is commonplace for BWoS to hand out watches, pens etc (and the occasional car I'm told) to keep things running smoothly.
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