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U.S. Denies It Blocked Israeli Strike on Syrian Weapons Convoys to Hizbullah
(NPR) Josh Rogin - Arab press reports claimed that U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison told Lebanese officials last week that the U.S. had stopped Israel from launching a strike against truck convoys carrying weapons shipments to Hizbullah. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the idea that America waived Israel off a strike on Syrian weapons transfers is "totally false." Regardless, the controversy reflects the tensions in the region following reports of new Syrian weapons transfers, including possibly Scud missiles, to Hizbullah. The U.S. is still not clear that any Scuds have been transferred, but there is an acknowledgment that Syrian weapons transfers are increasing in both quantity and quality.