isreal is the ONLY country in the middle east that DOES possess WMD's, nuclear as well as chem weapons of mass destruction. They have reperetedly refused the UN inspection passage and thier Dimona nuke plank is leaking like a sieve. Afghanistan and Iraq were bombed and invaded and their infrastucture destroyed, their children slaughtered, air anw water polulted with depleted uranium with a shelf life of BILLIONS of yearsw for a lot less than what Israel has and is doing, but good thing Congress keeps taking money from AIPAC, the center of the new spy scandal, to ensure that the US continues to veto any action that might paint Israel is it's true light.
Luc ----- Original Message ----- From: "fox mulder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:36 AM Subject: [Biofuel] US to sell 5000 smart bombs to Israel > > Source: Al Jazeera > http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8C117F99-C20E-4738-A15B- > > 0BF683A1B21B.htm > > > US to sell Israel 5000 smart bombs > > Israel has used US-made bombs to kill several > Palestinians > > The United States will reportedly sell Israel nearly > 5000 smart bombs > in one of the largest weapons deals between the allies > in years. > > The deal could face political controversy since Israel > has used such > bombs against the Palestinians. > > In one such instance in July 2002, a one-tonne bomb > meant for a senior > Palestinian resistance fighter also killed 15 > civilians in an attack in > the Gaza Strip. > > The deal is worth $319 million and was revealed in a > Pentagon report > made to the US Congress a few weeks ago, Israeli daily > Haaretz said on > Tuesday. > > Funding for the sale will come from US military aid to > Israel. > > The bombs include airborne versions, guidance units, > training bombs and > detonators. These bombs are guided by an existing > Israeli satellite > used by the military. > > As part of the deal, Israel will receive 500 one-tonne > "bunker-buster" > bombs that can destroy 2m-thick concrete walls, 2500 > "regular" > one-tonne bombs, 1000 half-tonne bombs and 500 > quarter-tonne bombs, the > daily said. > > > Bunker bombs > > Known by the military designations GBU-27 or GBU-28, > "bunker busters" > are guided by lasers or satellites and can penetrate > up to 10 metres of > earth and concrete. > > Israel may already have some of the bombs for its F-15 > fighter jets, > the paper reported. > > > > "As they are part of the weapon set for the F-15, I > would assume them > to be in place," said Robert Hewson, editor of Jane's > Air-Launched > Weapons. > > Acquiring BLU-109s, which are mounted on > satellite-guided bombs, would > boost Israel 's capabilities, foreign experts say. > > > "Israel very likely manufactures its own bunker > busters, but they are > not as robust as the 2000lb ( 910kg ) BLUs," Robert > Hewson, editor of > Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, said. > > > He said the bombs proved effective in the 1991 Gulf > war and the more > recent US-led invasion of Iraq . > > The US embassy in Israel had no comment, referring > queries to > Washington .Israel 's Defence Ministry also declined > to comment. > > The Pentagon wants the deal to maintain Israel's > military advantages > and ensure US strategic and tactical interests, > Haaretz said. > > Bombs for neighbours? > > Haaretz said Israel sought to obtain the US-made, > one-tonne > "bunker-buster" bombs for a possible future strike > against Iran or > Syria . > > > A senior Israeli security source confirmed the Haaretz > story saying: > "... bunker busters could serve Israel against Iran , > or possibly Syria > ". > > > "Our response to any invasive measure will be > massive," Massoud > Jazairi, spokesman for Iran 's Revolutionary Guard, > said in Tehran . > > Iran , which does not recognise Israel 's right to > exist, says its > nuclear programme has only peaceful purposes to meet > its growing energy > needs. > > An Iranian Defence Ministry spokesman said the > disclosure of a > US-Israeli deal could be "psychological warfare to > test us ... This > relationship has a long history. The United States has > given Israel > more advanced weapons than this." > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
