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U.S. Turns To Israel For IED Solutions
2005-11-15
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

#7  Arab backlash

Are they saying what some jerkwater a-rab thinks is more important than the life of a single US soldier/marine?
Posted by: anymouse   2005-11-15 08:16  

#6  Read TFA:

it's all unsourced information except for the Penatgon press release. The only thing thing you have to realize in order to understand this 'story' is who is hurt and who benefits from this 'story.'

This story, as written encourages jihad elements and their leftist allies that the US is not coping with IEDs very well. The result could wind up being more IEDs in the weeks ahead.

Leftists must be thrilled more Americans could die.
Posted by: badanov   2005-11-15 08:05  

#5  took the words from my mouth, .com.

On a side note, I look forward to the day when our western world uses technology, science, cooperation and 21st Century tactics to render these IEDs useless. It will be interesting to see what levels of human brutality the cave men will sink to then.
Posted by: 2b   2005-11-15 05:05  

#4  "But the Bush administration was said to have limited this cooperation with Israel to avoid an Arab backlash."

You don't really think that this is factual, do you? Sheesh. There's what we see on TV, what we read in the MSM, and then there's reality, which seldom matches the carefully selected agenda BS. You know this.
Posted by: .com   2005-11-15 04:55  

#3  IED Solutions

a good evolving defense,

coupled with an even better offense..ie. project pain to Hizzyland.
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-11-15 01:59  

#2  Backlash be damned - the Arabs will find something to bitch about anyway - may was well get something out of it this time!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-11-15 01:28  

#1  But the Bush administration was said to have limited this cooperation with Israel to avoid an Arab backlash.

There's that damned political correctness again.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-11-15 00:37  

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