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Subject: Re: Israel bombing Palestinian civilians? - reply to Jim Balter
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 11:08:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 11:08:25 1983
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the existance of the armaments has never been really questioned by
either side ( millions of rifles, hundreds of tanks, etc, etc. )
apparently they are East block countries version of tax deductable
contributions- they gave huge amounts of outdated (read WW II and on)
equipment to the PLO (and Cuba and ...). There was also more modern
equipment than most medium sized armies have, but only a small
percentage of the total. The reason for this is that by giving
outdated armaments to "revolutionary" groups that much scrap iron
becomes a political brownie point.
				Aaron