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U.S. Turns To Israel For IED Solutions
The United States has turned to Israel for technology and expertise to protect American troops in Iraq from improvised explosive devices. But the Bush administration was said to have limited this cooperation with Israel to avoid an Arab backlash.
| Screw the backlash. I'm a lot more concerned about our guys getting shredded than I am about Arab sensibilities. |
Israeli sources said the military has supplied technology and components for development of IED solutions to the U.S. Army. They said the U.S. requests have increased in recent weeks in wake of an assessment that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah supplied IED technology to Sunni insurgents. "More than anybody else, we know Hizbullah tactics and technology," a military source said. "This has become the key to helping the U.S. troops in Iraq. The U.S. help has been requested by Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel, the director of a Defense Department joint task force to fight IEDs. The sources said Votel has been in steady contact with Israeli commanders as well as weapons researchers.
Posted by: Fred 2005-11-15 |
