other country once the US's cowardly veto is taken out of the picture. How
brave to stand in the way of sanctions against a nation that slaughters
children as "terrorists". What a proud legacy, but the "bad guys" hate them
"because of their freedoms", cheech, they just don't get it. The willingly
blind supporting the psychotic and all is not well.
Luc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Riznyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] US to sell 5000 smart bombs to Israel
Israel also has ignored many more UN resolutions than
Iraq ever did. This is true despite the fact that the
US usually vetos most resolutions concerning Israel.
Ken
--- Legal Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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."
>
>
>
>
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