Saturday, April 23, 2011

How Israel Supplied Weapons To Argentina During The Falklands War

According to the book the junta found that Menachem Begin was willing to strike an agreement Photo: REX

Israel 'Supplied Arms To Argentina During Falklands War' -- The Telegraph

Israel secretly supplied arms and equipment to Argentina during the Falklands War due to Prime Minister Menachem Begin's personal hatred of the British, a new book discloses.

Air to air missiles, missile radar alert systems, fuel tanks for fighter bombers and gas masks were dispatched from Israel apparently destined for Peru but were then transported on to Argentina, it claims.

As the British Task Force sent to reclaim the islands after the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands began to get the upper hand, Argentina's ruling military junta was left with few choices from which to source replacements for equipment lost in war.

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My Comment: The fact that this story is being publicized .... and not denied .... tells me that it is probably true.

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