Israel Slams Deliveries of Sophisticated Russian Weapons to Middle East

[MosNews-Russia] Hizballah is using sophisticated Russian-made anti-tank missiles - "which in the past it was promised would not fall into the hands of Hizballah" - against Israel's army in southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Wednesday. Ha'aretz claimed on Sunday that Hizballah used Russian-made RPG-29 anti-tank missiles, which were sold to Syria by Russia, and then transferred to Hizballah.


2006-08-10 01:00:00

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