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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Mar 2013

    Ex-president of Argentina Carlos Menem found guilty of illegally selling 6,000 tonnes of arms to Croatia and Ecuador in 1990s

    6:59 AM - 8 Mar 2013
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      1. AK Almoayed‏ @akalmoayed 8 Mar 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking sounds armless

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      1. Chris Campbell‏ @Chrisc19761 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Selling pirated copies of Harry Potter doesnt seem so bad after all.

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      1. Kika Reynoso‏ @reynosokika 9 Mar 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Ex-president of Argentina Carlos Menem found guilty of illegally selling 6,000 tonnes of arms to Croatia and Ecuador in1990s”

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      1. Roshan Singh‏ @3rd_Lion 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Iran Contra affair anyone?

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      1. Roshan Singh‏ @3rd_Lion 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Riddle me this. A head of state can't decide to sell arms? Didn't US arm the afghn mujahdn? Didn't USSR arm Viet Cong? Discuss.

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      1. Paolo‏ @paolo_per 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking son of a bitch

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      1. CǽSaЯ‏ @CsarDamico 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking wow!! In this country nothing is gonna happen anyway

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      1. Daddyboy.‏ @Mac_Milano 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking # freeze his estate and all the account.

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      1. Canada Good Times‏ @CanadaGood 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Argentine arms that could have been spent regaining the Falklands? (Sorry, perhaps that should be the #malvinas)

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      1. Laddie Schnaiberg‏ @LaddieSchnaiber 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking He should remit to Argentina, all the profits he earned selling those guns.

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      1. Nawang‏ @AngkajiNawang 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. David Sexton‏ @d__swizz 8 Mar 2013
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        @bbcbreaking That's a lotta limbs.

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      1. L u i s C h a p a‏ @chiko_08 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking hahahhaa the world is full of shit

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      1. Maria Antonia Costa‏ @macosta25 8 Mar 2013
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        23 anos? “@BBCBreaking: Ex-president...Carlos Menem found guilty of illegally selling 6,000 tonnes of arms to Croatia and Ecuador in 1990s”

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      1. Julio Tirado‏ @IlMaese 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking vendió armas a ecuador en su conflicto con Perú siendo Argentina garante de ambos países de su protocolo de paz, delincuente!!

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      1. C‏ @c_voluntaryist 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking They do take some time in Argentina to do justice, don't they? They probably have more important things to do, like expropriate

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      1. Lu Esteve‏ @Lu_Esteve 8 Mar 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Ex-president of Argentina Menem found guilty of illegally selling 6000 tonnes of arms to Croatia and Ecuador in 1990s” #karma

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      1. Ozymandias‏ @LewisBelton 8 Mar 2013
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        @BBCBreaking And George H W Bush still hasn't been held accountable for providing Kuwait and Korea with weapons

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