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Israel delays transfer of armored vehicles to Palestinians | |||
2007-12-04 | |||
JERUSALEM - Israel has held up the transfer of 25 Russian armored vehicles to Palestinian police in the West Bank, because the Palestinians want to have them mounted with machine guns, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert approved the shipment two weeks ago over the objections of his own security forces, in an effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of last weekÂ’s U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#11 Why not split them? Half to Hamas, half to Fatah, and let them argue about who gets them all? |
Posted by: James 2007-12-04 17:25 |
#10 /~:) no one's happy with the current situ.. |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-12-04 16:36 |
#9 USN,Ret. point taken if literal.. plz take it as a figure of speech.. to emphasize the frustration most of us have with Olmert. no |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-12-04 16:35 |
#8 Clean up on Aisle # 1 please. RD: your second paragraph is unwarranted. |
Posted by: USN,Ret. 2007-12-04 14:38 |
#7 This is probably one of the reasons why Israel delayed (and, I hope, froze totally) the transfer of armored vehicles to PA: "The IDF and General Security Services (Shin Bet) released for publication Sunday night that two Palestinian Authority (PA) National Security Force officers and another accomplice are the ones who murdered 29-year-old Ido Zoldan on November 19. Israeli security officials knew Zoldan was murdered by PA policemen, because two of the three terrorists who shot him to death were arrested the next day in a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation." (Arutz Sheva) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/124450 PA members are killing Jews. Even Olmert can't continue to give weapons to PA terrorists under those circumstances... |
Posted by: Leroidavid 2007-12-04 12:47 |
#6 Olmert is indeed an insane masochistic leader. I can't understand how this incompetent nobody is still leading Israel. |
Posted by: Leroidavid 2007-12-04 12:42 |
#5 Hey, maybe the Israelis are just nostalgic for the good old days, when the bad guys ran around in easily-targetable Soviet-era tin cans that you could plink with AP rounds and not worry about Eurotrash photographers accusing you of murdering schoolchildren for your matzo balls. Watch the Paleos start painting them with red crescents & claiming that they're ambulances. |
Posted by: Mitch H. 2007-12-04 11:11 |
#4 I would think they can stick a transponder in these things so if they do fall into the wrong hands, Israel can send a going away present. That is, if there is a right hands to begin with. |
Posted by: Mike N. 2007-12-04 02:22 |
#3 Dumb bolstering, Ehud. Maroon dumb. |
Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-12-04 01:03 |
#2 Smart move actually. Olmert should give them whatever they need to they can shoot it out on THEIR side of the wall. On with the show! |
Posted by: Besoeker 2007-12-04 01:00 |
#1 armored vehicles put homing beacons inside each one.. then at the appropriate time ...Boom! Olmert: before it's too late put 10 kilos of TNT up his a$$ now and blow him to kingdom come... |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-12-04 00:29 |