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U.K. Government Questions U.S. Use of Airport to Transfer Bombs to Israel

Via Bloomberg News.

The British government will make a "formal protest" to the U.S. if it used a Scottish airport to transfer bombs to Israel, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said today.

Beckett has already told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice she is "not happy" about reports that Prestwick airport, near Glasgow, was used as part of the transportation of `bunker busting' bombs. Her comments mark the first public split between Britain and the U.S. over the fighting in the Middle East.

The Daily Telegraph today reported that two planes carrying GBU 28 laser-guided bombs landed at Prestwick last weekend to refuel en route to Israel, citing unidentified defense sources. Beckett, who is in Rome with Rice for a conference on the Middle East crisis, said her department was investigating the claim.

posted by Fergie @ 7/26/2006 02:53:00 PM