Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:06:43 -0500
Subject: Local company flies bombs to
Israel
Local company flies bombs to Israel
DEARBORN - Four shipments of weapons to Israel for
use in the destruction of
Lebanon were carried to their destination in Tel
Aviv by the Ypsilanti-based
air cargo company Kalitta Air. Each shipment carried
20 laser-guided 120
Blue-113 warheads weighing 4400 lb. each. Four
landed between Thursday, July
20, and Sunday, July 23.
The Scottish newspaper, the "Sunday Mail," exposed
America's attempts to
conceal the deadly flights shipping bombs to the
Middle East. Papers
obtained by "Sunday Mail" investigators revealed how
the U.S. tried to sneak
at least one flight through Prestwick as a civilian
flight.
Irish aviation bosses had refused to let the
American flights use their air
space.
The flight path documents are the first proof that
the planes were carrying
bombs to the Israeli army for the devastating
attacks that have claimed
hundreds of innocent lives.
Airport officials and civil servants on both sides
of the Atlantic refused
to confirm details of loads.
But the "Sunday Mail" found damning evidence of the
cover-up in a flight
plan for a Kalitta Boeing 707 from a military base
in San Antonio, Texas.
There are no clues to the deadly cargo it was
carrying because the flight
plan bears a civilian call sign instead of a
military one.
But a second document for the same plane reveals the
truth - it was set for
Israel and was carrying 20 laser-guided bombs with
fuses.
The document lists the weight of the payload as WT
LBS 88620.
The plane landed without diplomatic clearance and
neither air traffic
controllers nor the fire brigade knew it was
carrying bombs.
Costing £100,000 per warhead, the bunker-buster bomb
was blamed for one of
the conflict's worst attacks - a blitz on Beirut on
July 20 which killed
dozens of civilians and wiped out four nine-story
buildings.
The flights have caused controversy in the U.K.
According to its website, Kalitta Air is a Michigan
Limited Liability
Company owned 100% by Conrad Kalitta. Kalitta Air
began service in November
2000 with three Boeing 747 aircraft and the fleet
has grown to a present
total of sixteen B747s. Capable of air express
delivery of virtually any
type of freight, the company provides scheduled or
on-demand charter service
for customers in the United States and around the
world.
Published by Crescent International Newspapers, Inc.
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