Thursday, January 15, 2009

Gaza: Greece hinders US arms delivery to Israel...

The US has to re-route arms shipment to Israel as Athens declined to allow a Greek port be used as a transit point, fearing nationwide protests. 

The transit was called off by the Greek government on Tuesday, after the issue provoked a media outcry in Greece, where Israel's 19-day-old offensive in Gaza is deeply unpopular. 

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, however, painted a different picture, saying that the route had been changed to avoid Greece, "because the Greek government had some issue with the off-loading of some of that shipment in their country." More...

See also:

  1. The rebellion in Greece: what really happened?
  2. Greece comes to a halt as demonstrators protest bank bailout...
  3. Father, forgive me, I will not fight for your Israel...
  4. Carter:Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons...'

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