US cancels arms shipment over Greek objections: official

[rossana <rossana at comodinoposta.org>]

La Grecia non ha permesso il transito di armi americane destinate ad 
Israele.

WASHINGTON (AFP) –

The US military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions 
from a Greek port to a US warehouse in Israel due to objections from 
Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

"I think the Greek government had some issue with the offloading of some 
of that shipment in their country and so we are finding alternative 
means of getting that entire shipment to its proper destination in 
Israel," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference.

"I don't think we've come to a final resolution on how or when that will 
take place."

The shipment had been agreed last summer before the current Israeli 
offensive in Gaza, he said.

He said the United States had operated the munitions stockpile for 
nearly 20 years and that Israel "can ask for permission to access" the 
munitions.

He said he did not know the nature of Greece's objection and whether it 
was related to security or political concerns.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/pl_afp/mideastconflictgazaisraelusmilitary_20090113191511