Rumsfeld Cancels Trip To Israel Because Of Fighting, Scarety Cat

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Rumsfeld visit said scrapped

http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=3469

7/9/2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reportedly canceled a visit to Israel in light of the flare-up in Gaza Strip fighting. Haaretz reported on its Web site Saturday that Rumsfeld, who was expected for high-level talks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv next week, canceled the trip out of concern it could be perceived as open U.S. support for Israel´s offensive in Gaza. It would have been the first Israel visit for Rumsfeld since he took over the Pentagon, serving, among other purposes, to show bilateral ties had been repaired following a fracas last year over Israeli arms exports to China. The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv had no immediate comment on the Haaretz report.

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Yeah right.... That little bitch was afraid his plane would get scudded.