Paul Beaver Quotes (8 Quotes)

Officially, of course, no government is involved in the illegal arms industry, but a lot of them close a blind eye.

The arms industry, both legal and illegal, is probably the biggest business in the world.

This is absolutely superb, it should have been done two years ago. You have to screen for a whole range of people -- former Saddam supporters, members of militias or new political groupings, and those with grudges to bear.

This underlines what people have been forecasting for some time, that Basra is a potential source of trouble, though easily dealt with by British troops until now.

The Americans, French and British -- the people who actually run NATO for all intents and purposes in this conflict -- will decide that they will make the decisions. The U.N. operation in Zagreb -- the political side, the civilian side -- will not be involved.

France, under President Jacques Chirac, has emerged as the most assertive member of the trio. He wants to get France back to the top of the agenda, ... He's going to do a lot of things, most of which we have to allow a little bit of French elan for, a little bit of their style of doing things, but the French nonetheless have a competent military, they have very strong foreign policy objectives. I think we'll see them pursue them.

It is just a practical answer to keeping things in. They need to keep certain pieces of kit dry and a shed does that job admirably.

a more demanding job. There has been some success, but not enough, as the July 7 attacks in London showed.