50 Russian APCs Headed To West Bank
July 02 2010
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow will donate 50 armored personnel carriers (APCs) to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post reports.
The BTR-70 vehicles will arrive stripped of weaponry, via Jordan in the next few days, officials said on Thursday.
The APCs are intended to help combat terrorism in the West Bank, said Russian officials.
Moscow offered to deliver the vehicles in 2005, but Israel refused out of...
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