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| Israel distributes biochem war protection kits to civilian population | ||
| 2010-04-07 | ||
"We have equipped ourselves with millions of protection kits against biological or chemical warfare, and a massive distribution programme for the population started today," Vilnai told army radio. "Every family in Israel can receive these kits at home and be instructed on how to use them by Israeli postal workers, at an average cost of 25 shekels (five dollars), or pick them up free of charge at post office counters." Vilnai emphasized the distribution of the protection kits was "not linked to any precise current threat." The Israeli government decided on January 5 to distribute eight million new gas masks, one for each citizen, by 2013 and already distributed gas masks to 70,000 residents of Or Yehuda, near Tel Aviv in February. Israel has long feared chemical or biological weapons may be used against it in a future conflict involving the Jewish state's arch-foes, Iran or Syria. The country came under sustained attack during its 2006 war with Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, when more than 4,000 Katyusha rockets were launched at north Israel in 34 days, sending hundreds of thousands of residents fleeing south. Gas masks were distributed to Israel's population during the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait when now executed dictator Saddam Hussein's Iraq fired 39 Scud missiles armed with conventional warheads at Israel.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 War and rumors of war. Not a good sign. Unlike Obama, the Israelis don't have the option of kicking the can down the road, hoping the situation somehow resolves itself. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-07 00:56 |