[R-G] US Military Cancels Shipment To Israel Warehouse Via Greece

[Anthony Fenton]

US Military Cancels Shipment To Israel Warehouse Via Greece


WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. military has to had to cancel a planned  
shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a U.S. warehouse in Israel  
due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

The Greek "government had some objection to offloading that shipment  
in their country," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference.

He said that the shipment to the U.S. warehouse had been agreed before  
the current Israeli offensive in Gaza and that Washington was now  
looking for an alternative.

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