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August 27, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=186180

Israel, U.S. Seek to Block French Anti-Tank Missile Sale to Lebanon

(Jerusalem Post) Israel and the U.S. are attempting to prevent a French-Lebanese arms deal, the Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat reported Friday. French Defense Minister Herve Moran offered to sell Lebanon 100 HOT anti-tank missiles for the Gazelle helicopters already in use by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Washington has grown increasingly skittish over arming the Lebanese military amid concerns that the LAF may become engaged in a fight with Israel, an American ally, or be co-opted by the terrorist group Hizbullah.

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