[world-vedic] Israeli Phalcon sale to India in trouble

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Namaste,

 

It means that we have lot more work to do. Cannot give

in, let up now... It is not the time to get disheartened

- soldiers!! Let us pull ourselves up and march on!!!!

 

-Kalyan

 

 

> Ram NArayanji,

> Namaste,

> I fully agree with you, it is our own fault and our selfishness that we

> hindus cannot come together for a worthy cause in a demoratic way to acheive

> our peaceful existance, therefore, we are still paying the price in every

> sphere of life.

> Sincerely,

> Deen B. Chandora

>

>

>

> >"Ram Narayanan" <ramn

> >ramn

> >"Deen Chandora" <deenbc

> >Israeli Phalcon sale to India in trouble

> >Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:36:34 -0400

> >

> >

> >Dear Deen Chandora:

> >

> >It's a pity that Indian-Americans are not yet that powerful enough by

> >themselves

> >as a lobbying group to see this sale going through without active

> >opposition

> >from the United States. One way out is to see if we could get the powerful

> >Israeli lobby in the US to get cracking!

> >

> >Any thoughts?

> >

> >Ram Narayanan

> >Lobby for India on the internet at

> >http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm

> >

> >

> >http://www.the-hindu.com/stories/03210007.htm

> >

> >

> >ISRAELI PHALCON SALE TO INDIA IN TROUBLE

> >

> >By Kesava Menon

> >

> >JERUSALEM, AUG. 20. The U.S. administration is reported to be opposed to

> >the Israeli sale of an advanced Airborne Early Warning System (AEWS) to

> >India. Concerns that the Phalcon airborne system could undermine stability

> >in South Asia by altering the balance of power between India and Pakistan

> >was said to be the basis for the U.S. opposition.

> >

> >The report which appeared in today's edition of the respected Israeli

> >newspaper

> >Ha'aretz was sourced to an unnamed US official. A report in Ha'aretz

> >several

> >weeks ago had noted that the U.S. administration was trying to set up a

> >special system to monitor weapons sales from Israel to India and 26 other

> >countries. Today's report that the U.S. administration was considering

> >active opposition to the deal suggested that the matter was being taken

> >a step forward.

> >

> >The daily report also stated that the proposed sale of the Phalcon system

> >was the main stumbling block to the signing of a new U.S.-Israel agreement

> >for the supervision of Israeli arms exports. Israeli officials were said

> >to be concerned that a new arms exports supervision agreement would enable

> >the U.S. to veto the India deal.

> >

> >Under the circumstances it was not clear whether the report about U.S.

> >opposition to the Phalcon sale was an inspired leak - to inform Israel

> >that whether or not the export supervision deal was in place, opposition

> >to the India deal would remain.

> >

> >The supervision agreement is germane to U.S. strategic concerns. Originally

> >the U.S. had wanted Israel's exports to twenty-seven countries be subjected

> >to the terms of this agreement. Now the U.S. reportedly wanted weapons

> >exports to only four countries - India, Pakistan, Russia and China - to

> >be brought within the ambit of the agreement.

> >

> >Pakistan, of course, does not have diplomatic relations with Israel and

> >the question of arms deals between them should not normally arise unless

> >the U.S. was privy to some special information.

> >

> >Israel's weapons deals with Russia and China, as also with India, are

> >extremely

> >lucrative. While the U.S. does not consider weapons sales to India as a

> >potential threat to their own forces, they feel that advanced technology

> >in the hands of China, could pose such a threat. It is possible that the

> >U.S. is threatening to jeopardise the India deal, so that Israel softens

> >its objections to the export-supervision agreement.

> >

> >U.S. officials were said to have promised their Israeli counterparts, in

> >the course of talks held in Washington, that they did not plan to cast

> >an automatic veto on arms deals, even in respect to deals pertaining to

> >the four countries. However, the U.S. wishes that Israel give prior notice

> >of transactions with the four countries.

> >

> >

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