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Israel Denies Cluster
Bomb Allegations
ml Aviv (JTA) — Defense
Minister Yitzhak Rabin and
other officials maintained last
week that Israel designed and
manufactured its own cluster
bombs as long ago as 1981 and
therefore allegations that it stole
American technology for the
purpose are patently false. More-
over, the Israelis say, their
cluster bombs were offered for
sale in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Rabin said on a television in-
terview that Israel developed the
weapon for its artillery. It was
being test fired in 1982 and
quantities were in stock by 1984.
He said there was no resem-
blance between the Israeli and
American cluster bombs.
Israeli leaders reacted angrily
to reports in the American
media that the State-owned
Israel Military Industries con-
spired with three private
American companies to obtain
cluster bomb technology in
violation of U.S. law. The U.S.
banned the export of cluster
bombs to Israel in 1982 after
reports that Israel used the
deadly anti-personnel weapon in
its invasion of Lebanon.
The Iowa-based companies
and one in Pennsylvania are
under investigation by the
Justice Department and the
U.S. Customs Service on sus-
picion that they acted in collu-
sion with Israeli weapons pro-
curement agents to evade the
Arms Export Control Act. The
law limits military items that
can be exported from the U.S.
without an export licence.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres
was officially informed of the
ongoing investigation by U.S.
Ambassador to Israel Thomas
Pickering. The Israeli Embassy
in Washington was also in-
formed • by the State Depart-
ment. The Defense Ministry
issued an angry statement de-
nouncing the America media for
reporting the investigation
before it knew the facts.
Rabin affirmed the Defense
Ministry's statement that all
technology acquired from the
U.S was obtained legally. "All we
asked for, and we did so in the
most formal manner, was indus-
trial equipment which, by the
way, we could also have obtained
in Europe, but out of economic
consideration, out of a desire to
make beneficial use of the
(American) aid money, we prefer-
red the United States," Rabin
said.
According to officials here,
production of Israel-made
cluster bombs was first dis-
closed in 1981 by Rafael, the
Israel Weapons Development
Authority at a press conference.
It was reported later by the then
Israel Military Attache in Wash-
ington, Maj. Gen. Menahem
Meron, on a Washington-based
cable television interview.
Israel calls its weapon the Tal
(Dew) cluster bomb and has
described it in promotional liter-
ature and press kits as "an in-
genious application of classic
aerodynamic prin-
ciples...resulting in Rafael's
development of an improved and
highly effective submunition
dispersion weapons."
Israel Confirms Use
Of Combat Helicopters
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The use of
combat helicopters in Israel Air
Force strikes against terrorist
targets • in south Lebanon was
confirmed last Sunday by Air
Force Commander Gen. Amos
Lapidot. He said the type used
in the attack on terrorist bases
near Sidon are regularly
deployed in coordination with
Israel Defense Force ground
forces.
Lapidot did not identify the
helicopters. But according to the
latest edition of "The Middle
East Military Balance" publish-
ed by rIbl Aviv University's Yaf-
fee Center for Strategic Studies,
the Israel Air force has 20 Bell
Cobra and 35 Hughes Defender
attack helicopters.
Lapidot said the helicopters
are used for routine patroling
and as a deterrent. They are
available to local ground com-
manders and can be sent into ac-
tion within minutes if necessary,
he said. He added that the
helicopters are one of several op-
tions the Air Force has to
employ in strikes against enemy
targets.
The terrorists do not know
where, when and how the next
Air Force strike will be carried
out and this keeps them off
balance, Lapidot said.
According to "The Middle
East Military Balance" the
Israeli helicopters can be armed
with TOW anti-tank missile
systems which are accurate and
effective against buildings as
well as tanks.
Lapidot said in reply to ques-
tions that the use of helicopters
in the latest attack on terrorists
"doesn't mean we are making
any special change" of methods
of attack. "In each instance,
regarding each attack, we
analyze the target, analyze the
problem and adapt the type of
attack and weapon to that same
specific target," he said.
55 Jews Leave
USSR In June
New York (JTA) — Only 55
Jews left the Soviet Union in
June, according to the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry. this
brings the total for the first six
months of 1986 to 386.