We are running refineries at 100% to provide a satisfactory level of service. As you pointed out, there is no time for maintenance of very old plants. It is a safety hazard. It is also an easy target to do economic damage. There is no margin for loss of production.
DM Mofaz to Washington
21:13 Mar 29, '05 / 18 Adar 5765
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is scheduled to arrive this evening in Washington D.C. for high level talks with U.S. administration officia.
Mofaz likely to discuss what he has called, to a New York Times interviewer, **"A red line,"** the Terrorists have crossed.
The Defense Minister has claimed that PLO Arabs, working with members of the PA military intelligence agency have smuggled Strela shoulder-fired anti aircraft missiles into Gaz
Mofaz demanding the PA track down and confiscate those anti-aircraft missiles, and give them to Israel.
Arab terrorists, as well as a number of Arab businessmen, regularly smuggle many types of weapons in from Egypt, often through deep tunnels dug especially for the purpose. As part of PM Sharon's Gaza Disengagement plan, Egyptian troops would be trusted to stop much of that smuggling.
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