US rushes precision-guided bombs to Israel

eyes-only · Post by **eyes-only** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:47 pm

You guys probably heard about this already but here it goes.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hizbollah targets in Lebanon, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Citing U.S. officials who spoke on Friday on condition of anonymity, the Times said the decision to ship the weapons quickly came after relatively little debate within the administration, and noted in its report that its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others who could perceive Washington as aiding Israel in the manner that Iran has armed Hizbollah.

The munitions are actually part of a multimillion-dollar arms-sale package approved last year which Israel is able to tap when it needs to, the officials told the Times. But some military officers said the request for expedited delivery was unusual and indicated that Israel has many targets it plans to hit in Lebanon.

The arms shipment has not been announced publicly. The officials who described the administration's decision to rush the munitions included employees of two government agencies, one of whom described the shipment as just one example of a broad array of armaments that the United States has long provided Israel, the Times said.

Pentagon and military officials declined to describe in detail the size and contents of the shipment to Israel, the newspaper said, and they would not say whether the munitions were being shipped by cargo aircraft or some other means.

But one U.S. official said the shipment should not be compared to the kind of an "emergency resupply" of dwindling Israeli stockpiles that was provided during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, according to the Times report.

A spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington told the Times: "We have been using precision-guided munitions in order to neutralize the military capabilities of Hizbollah and to minimize harm to civilians. As a rule, however, we do not comment on Israel's defense acquisitions."

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArtic ... -topNews-2

Oh, and here is an interesting analysis of the green light given to Israel by the US House of Representatives.

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3381

gurey25 · Post by **gurey25** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:49 pm

isreal says Jump

both the congress and the house of representatives, including the President say

How High

mahamed99_sex · Post by **mahamed99_sex** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:50 pm

the us gives over 3 billion dollars to the isreal government.why is this a suprise to yall.

michael_ital · Post by **michael_ital** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:56 pm

Good post, eyes. I saw this just tonight on the CBS news. NOTHING can be kept secret anymore.

DANGIRL · Post by **DANGIRL** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:29 pm

There are thousands if not million in the dark tonight.Look what their elected are doing for the jews,but not them?Americans need to realise that their tax money is going to straight to the jew state WMD, which in turns they use on civilians and babies throughtout the middle east.

intellex · Post by **intellex** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:29 pm

http://forum2.mokkels.nl/cgi-bin/topics ... 7&group=30

QansaGabeyle · Post by **QansaGabeyle** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:32 pm

Why don't the stupid arabs use their Petro dollars and develope their own fu cking weapons secretly? Saudi arabia buys its weapons(nothing strong) from the U.S instead of making its own. Why? I am practically clueless when it comes to Politics but some things just make my head spin.

michael_ital · Post by **michael_ital** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:33 pm

Saudi's are self serving. No concept of helping their Bredren at all.

PH.D. · Post by **PH.D.** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:37 pm

[quote="QansaGabeyle"]Why don't the stupid arabs use their Petro dollars and develope their own fu cking weapons secretly? Saudi arabia buys its weapons(nothing strong) from the U.S instead of making its own. Why? I am practically clueless when it comes to Politics but some things just make my head spin.[/quote]

I totally second that, its like these ppl are mentally handicapped.

Steeler [Crawler2] · Post by **Steeler [Crawler2]** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:51 am

Actually the US has sold and provided training on some very good weapons. M1 Tanks, F-15 fighter aircraft. But the Saudis are not going to fight the Israelis and never intended to.

Gedo_Boy · Post by **Gedo_Boy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:47 am

[quote="MAD MAC"]Actually the US has sold and provided training on some very good weapons. M1 Tanks, F-15 fighter aircraft. But the Saudis are not going to fight the Israelis and never intended to.[/quote]

Those guys buy weapons anytime Lockheed Martin needs a bailout.

Steeler [Crawler2] · Post by **Steeler [Crawler2]** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:49 am

So you are saying that the Saudis don't need quality weapon systems? On the one hand you were saying they did, now they don't. Good grief.

Gedo_Boy · Post by **Gedo_Boy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:56 am

MAD MAC,

When did I say anything contradictory?

I'm just saying they buy weapons with no strategic aim.

If they had those weapons and could use them, they wouldn't need America in the Gulf War.

Steeler [Crawler2] · Post by **Steeler [Crawler2]** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:58 am

Sorry Gedo
I am mixing you in the same pot as Qansa. Not fair, I know.

Gedo_Boy · Post by **Gedo_Boy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:06 am

BTW, Israel constantly bars the US from giving the Saudis weapons systems as up to date as theirs.

I forgot which weapons system, but I remember they created a fuss about it.

And Pakistan never got their F-16s that they already paid for, maybe because Israel thought Pakistan might be able to read the owner's manual & figure out how to operate it.