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| Israel 'sorry' over weapons sales |
| 2005-06-19 |
| Israel has publicly apologised to the US over a deal to sell military technology to China. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said he was sorry if Israel had acted in a way which was not acceptable to the Americans. But, speaking ahead of talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he said Israel had acted in good faith. The sales have angered Washington which fears its own technology may could be used against Taiwan. "If things were done that were not acceptable to the Americans then we are sorry but these things were done with the utmost innocence," said Mr Shalom on Israel Radio. Israel has supplied China with Harpy Killer unmanned attack drones, designed to target radar systems. |
| Posted by:too true |
| #6 RWV: Nothing new here folks. As long as the material is for Israel's use, I don't care. But when they hand it over to China, I have a problem. It is time to shut the spigot off. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-06-19 21:45 |
| #5 Nothing new here folks. Israel has had an active US technology/intelligence collection effort for as long as I can remember. When I was dealing with such things in the Air Force int he 70's, there were some officers that were informally excluded from sensitive information because it was an open secret that they were a conduit to the Israelis. No reason to expect that the Israelis have anybody's interest at heart but their own. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-06-19 20:47 |
| #4 I must admit, they're playing a very dangerous (and stupid) game here... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-06-19 17:19 |
| #3 I put the sincerity of that apology on par with that of Dickhead Turban. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-19 17:10 |
| #2 I agree, ZF. Israel's been caught red handed and their actions are indefensible. So their only option is to pull out these phony crocodile tear apologies. he said Israel had acted in good faith.these things were done with the utmost innocence," said Mr Shalom on Israel Radio. |
| Posted by: Thotch Glesing2372 2005-06-19 16:27 |
| #1 They're not sorry. And we'd better stop doing technology transfers to them, carrying out joint research projects with them or even selling advanced weapons systems to them, because as night follows day, these technologies will show up in Chinese weaponry. Let them buy their weapons systems from other countries - if these other countries will risk angering the Muslim world. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-06-19 15:48 |