Wednesday, January 26, 2005

RUSSIAN MISSLES MAY END UP IN SYRIA ANYWAY

Russian Missiles May End Up in Syria - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
While confident Russia won't finalize a deal selling Igla SA-18 shoulder-held anti-aircraft missiles to Syria during Bashar Assad's current trip to Moscow, Israel is concerned Moscow may mount the missiles on armored personnel carriers and sell them in a few months' time. While mounting the missiles on APCs would make them more difficult to transfer to terror groups, such a configuration would not lessen Israel's objection to the sale, a senior diplomatic official said.

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