"Have you ever seen someone cut up, the legs here, the head over there?" asked a youth brandishing a rusty spanner.
A further spanner was thrown into the works by Turkey's refusal to allow use of its territory - meaning that the British had to hurriedly retool for an invasion from Kuwait.
On the coasts, where its exporting factories are clustered, bosses are short of workers, and workers short of patience. A spate of strikes has thrown a spanner into the workshop of the world.
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