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Monday, March 17, 2014

Swiss voters set to reject Saab fighter jet deal- poll

Gripen in SwitzerlandA majority of Swiss voters are against the purchase of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Swedish defence firm Saab, a poll showed on Sunday, raising the possibility that a popular vote due in May could scupper the $3.4 billion deal.

Around 62 percent of voters would reject the proposal to replace Switzerland's aging fleet of Northrop F-5 Tiger fighters with the Gripen jets, according the survey conducted by polling institute Leger and published in Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick.

The poll, which questioned more than 1,000 people, showed 32 percent of those who planned to vote were in favour of the deal.

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