France sells HOT anti-tank missiles to Lebanon 'with no conditions attached'
Back in August, I reported on a joint American-Israeli effort to convince France not to sell HOT anti-tank missiles to the Lebanese Armed Forces. That effort has failed. On Friday, France sold the missiles to Lebanon without restrictions. Israel fears weapons sold to Lebanon's army could end up in the hands of Hizbullah, an official said Sunday after France announced it would supply anti-tank missiles to the Arab nation.What could go wrong?
"We have raised with foreign governments our concerns of Hizbullah's growing domination of the Lebanese government apparatus and concern that weapons transfer to the Lebanese forces will in fact become part of the Hizbullah arsenal," said an Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
France on Friday confirmed it would supply the Lebanese military with 100 anti-tank missiles, despite concerns raised by both Israel and the United States.
A French official said the 100 HOT missiles, to be used by the Lebanese military's Gazelle helicopters, would be delivered before the end of February and "with no conditions attached."
Labels: France, Hezbullah, HOT anti-tank missiles, Lebanese Armed Forces
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:59 PM
1 Comments:
France is openly arming Hezbollah.
Let's keep that "gift" in mind the next time Israeli soldiers are killed in action in Lebanon.
Revolting! What could go wrong indeed
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