U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis Contributed by Bill Faith
U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis By James Joyner
Israel is running out of bunker buster bombs, having expended several tons in Lebanon. The United States is pitching in with .
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 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday. The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Iran’s efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.
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Michelle is with al-NYT for making this information public. H/T: .
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PartisonTimes.com has .
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Captain Ed isn't all that upset:
Contributed by Bill Faith on July 22, 2006 at 07:33 AM in , , |