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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Damascus Talks Peace, Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware

When Damascus confirmed peace talks with Israel on May 21, a secret high-powered military purchasing delegation, headed by air force-air defenses commander Gen. Akhmad Ratyb, was already in Moscow.

With a $5 billion allocation in hand from Tehran, the delegation was bidding for the most advanced products of Russia’s munitions industry.

The six main categories of interest to Damascus are disclosed by DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s military sources as –

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