US to send $7.2 mln worth of military equipment

by **Admin** Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:47 am

The
US Department of Defense said it would begin shipping $7.2 million
worth of light weapons, trucks and clothes to the Lebanese Armed Forces
30 days after the US Congress passed the request without objections,
according to reports published in various Gulf newspapers on Friday.

The
newspapers said that US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric
Edelman said the equipment would enable the Lebanese military to create
a special unit to combat terrorism, the dailies reported. The
Department of Defense justified the request to the Bush administration
by saying it counteracted Syrian and Iranian efforts to undermine
stability in Lebanon through their support of Hizbullah, the papers
added.