The U.S. has decided to withdraw Cobra gunship helicopters from Jordan to send them to Lebanon after Prime Minister Fouad Saniora alerted Washington about a Syrian plot of a large-scale terror attack or assassination to drum up an excuse for an intervention into northern Lebanon, the Israeli DEBKAfile website reported...The website said a Lebanese military delegation will visit Jordan on Tuesday to inspect the Cobras stored there after fighting in Iraq...According to the military sources, the U.S. has promised Cobra flight training for Lebanese air crews. Until they are ready, the gunships will be flown by civilian fliers from the Middle East with military skills...(Naharnet).
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