[Times-UK] Michael Evans - A sophisticated night-vision system found by the Israelis at a Hizballah bunker in southern Lebanon had been exported under license from Britain to a private company in Lebanon, according to Whitehall sources. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been investigating claims that a number of night-vision goggles and other devices used by the Islamic terrorist group came from the UK. Investigators concluded that none of the night-vision systems was from the batch sold to Iran.
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