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Thursday, June 9, 2005
Israel to U.S. Stop Selling Advanced Weaponry to the Arabs

Israel to U.S. Stop Selling Advanced Weaponry to the Arabs
Itamar Eichner - Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew, 9 June05
[With thanks to Israel News - Daily News -Jerusalem Center for Public
Affairs]

Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkaidi, commander of the Israeli Air Force,
returned to Israel last week from an official visit to the U.S. where he
told his American colleagues, "we are worried about the damage caused to
Israel's qualitative military edge as a result of the newest arms sales to
the Arabs." Shkaidi also raised the deployment of Saudi F-15 warplanes at
Tabuk Air Base (in northern Saudi Arabia) and said it constituted a threat
to Israel. In speaking to the Americans, Shkaidi drew a distinction between
the supply of offensive weaponry that represents a special threat, and
defensive weaponry that is less problematic. Shkaidi argued that "advanced
weapons systems allow a mediocre pilot with a mediocre platform to become a
very effective threat."

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