[R-G] Israelis Wary of a US Radar Base in the Negev

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

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Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008
Israelis Wary of a US Radar Base in the Negev
By Tim McGirk and Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem

When a contingent of U.S. soldiers opens a radar facility on a
mountaintop in the Negev desert next month, Israel will for the first
time in its 60-year history have a permanent foreign military base on
its soil. And despite the early warning that the American radar would
provide if Iran launches a missile attack on Israel, some senior
Israeli officials are nonetheless wary about its presence. Complained
one top official, "It's a like a pair of golden handcuffs on Israel."