In Lebanon ... big surprise.
Outside one of the town's two mosques a van was found filled with green casings about 6ft long. The serial numbers identified them as AT-5 Spandrel anti-tank missiles. The wire-guided weapon was developed in Russia but Iran began making a copy in 2000.
Beyond no-man's land, in the east of the village, was evidence of Syrian-supplied hardware. In a garden next to a junction used as an outpost by Hizbollah lay eight Kornet anti-tank rockets, described by Brig Mickey Edelstein, the commander of the Nahal troops who took Ghandouriyeh, as "some of the best in the world".
Written underneath a contract number on each casing were the words: "Customer: Ministry of Defence of Syria. Supplier: KBP, Tula, Russia."
Brig Edelstein said: "If they tell you that Syria knew nothing about this, just look. This is the evidence. Proof, not just talk."


Hard evidence of Russian made missles being used against US allies? Time to act like a Democrat...of old...JFK didn't accept the idea, neither should President Bush. Does Putin want a return to the "Cold War", even though his country suffers from Islamofascist terrorism too??
Posted by: MD in Philly | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 11:29 AM