<![CDATA[With Friends Like the Brits, Who Needs Enemies?]]>

1.0 link 218522 <![CDATA[With Friends Like the Brits, Who Needs Enemies?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/iris-lee/with-friends-like-the-bri_b_218522.html "...Icelanders are primo, thievish; secundo, liars; tertio, arrogant; quarto, lice-ridden; quinto, drunkards; sexton, debauchers; septimo, cowards..."

"The Iceland Bell,"
by HalldÃ³r Kiljan Laxness

No, it is not the opening paragraph of the IceSave contracts between Iceland, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, but it might as well be. Last week, Iceland finally reached agreements with Great Britain and the Netherlands regarding the IceSave debacle, under which Iceland will pay Britain and the Netherlands $5.3 billion over the next 15 years at 5.5%...

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