On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 09:09:34 -0700, Karl wrote:
Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson today CONFIRMED the Pakistani
wish to aquire Gripen Jets, after his session with Prez Musharaff.

Persson added.. before any deal is possible, the Swedish Export
Control Agency has to give clearance. And as mentioned, their
restrictions are very hard to pass. Pakistan is not the ideal
customer for this type of weapon's system.


Interesting news. Thanks for the update Karl. So it turns out
the article was accurate on that point.

If you hear anything more, would you please post it in this
thread.