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US rushing 'smart bombs' to Israel
Jerusalem Post ^ | 7/22/6 | NATHAN GUTTMAN

Posted on 07/22/2006 3:15:28 PM PDT by SmithL

The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel after Israel indicated it needed the bombs for its military campaign against the Hizbullah.

The New York Times reported Saturday that the decision to rush the shipment was reached after little debate within the administration.

The "smart bombs" - bombs which are equipped with precision guidance devises, are part of an arms deal reached months ago between Israel and the US, but the fighting in Lebanon led Israel to ask for an expedited delivery of the bombs, before the agreed scheduled of supply.

According to the report, the US is stressing that the early shipment should not be seen as an emergency supply to help Israel, but rather as a change of schedule in a deal which was previously agreed upon.

An American - Islamic group - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; allyisrael; bombs; hezbullies; smartbombs
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I hope Smart bombs will educate the stupid terrorists.
1 posted on 07/22/2006 3:15:29 PM PDT by SmithL
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Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."

If CAIR is against it then we know we're on the right course.

2 posted on 07/22/2006 3:17:52 PM PDT by evad
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The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel

Do they have one smart enough to fly into Iran and blow
Ahmedjinajad to kingdom come?
3 posted on 07/22/2006 3:18:09 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (We will win because we are good and they are evil)
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To: SmithL



Works for me.


4 posted on 07/22/2006 3:18:09 PM PDT by Private_Sector_Does_It_Better (The UN did such a great job with Oil for Food in Iraq, let's let them run the whole country)
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To: SmithL

Let'em drop. Terrorists must be stopped. There has to be consequences with acts of terrorism. These bombs are those consequences.


5 posted on 07/22/2006 3:18:40 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: SmithL

Seeeeee? This just shows that America is just like Iran!
</sarcasm>


6 posted on 07/22/2006 3:18:52 PM PDT by zook ("We all knew someone in primary school who had a really powerful magnet")
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To: SmithL

Thenext question....
Who else did we sell them to?
And how do we know that Who
will not sell them to Hizbollah?!


7 posted on 07/22/2006 3:19:31 PM PDT by Grendel9 (quen)
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"An American - Islamic group - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."




CAIR knows exactly where they can stick that appeal of theirs. Hey, CAIR your Islamoficist Hizbullah pals are going get blown into smithereens.
8 posted on 07/22/2006 3:20:20 PM PDT by Jameison
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Should this be public? Looks like the New York Times is our enemy once again.


9 posted on 07/22/2006 3:20:44 PM PDT by RushingWater
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One would think that the Israelis with their military electronics/aerospace industry would have designed and manufactured their own GPS add-on kit by now.


10 posted on 07/22/2006 3:21:04 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: SmithL
way to go NY Times


11 posted on 07/22/2006 3:21:15 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Grendel9

Huh?


12 posted on 07/22/2006 3:21:22 PM PDT by Jameison
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"Looks like the New York Times is our enemy once again"

The Slimes are always America's enemy.


13 posted on 07/22/2006 3:22:17 PM PDT by Jameison
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To: SmithL

Good on President Bush!


14 posted on 07/22/2006 3:22:18 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: SmithL

Bombs have been rushed to Iraq for months and months.


15 posted on 07/22/2006 3:22:40 PM PDT by Tax Government (Defeat the evil miscreant donkeys and their rhino lackeys.)
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To: evad

Because CAIR is whining, we should double the order, gratis.


16 posted on 07/22/2006 3:22:49 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Islamofascism = Evil + Insanity)
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To: evad

Doesn't precision weapon reduce the change of missing the target, and reduce the chance of unintended collateral damage to civilians?

If CAIR cared about the lives of innocent Arab civilians shouldn't they applaud this?

Unless, of course CAIR *wants* more innocent Arab civilians killed so they can help their PR campaign against Israel.

Nah, that couldn't be.


17 posted on 07/22/2006 3:24:12 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: GSlob
Its only a very small country.
They can't make everything or make everything in enough quantities during a war.
Remember we had to supply vast quantities of arms and ammunition to the British during WWII as well, and even when the British fought the Falklands War.
And Britain is a much bigger country than Israel.
18 posted on 07/22/2006 3:24:58 PM PDT by Jameison
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An American - Islamic group - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."

I would expect that from an islamic organization. So, what they're saying is that they would prefer that Israel use dumb bombs so that civilian casualties would be maximized? Apparently they, like so many of their muslim brethren in the ME, could care less about the deaths of innocents.
19 posted on 07/22/2006 3:26:53 PM PDT by NearlyNormal (Our military wins wars, the liberals and their MSM lose them.)
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"The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel after Israel indicated it needed the bombs for its military campaign against the Hizbullah."

How would they like them delivered? Just provide the coordinates and the USAF can get them there in a hurry. Multiple coordinates? No problem!
20 posted on 07/22/2006 3:30:06 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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