Report: Israel seeks removal of F-15 planes from Saudi airport
03-09-2003
Israel wants Saudi Arabia to remove dozens of F-15 aircraft from the Tabouk airport, located in the northern part of the Kingdom, not far from the Israeli border, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday.
The United States sold the planes to Saudi Arabia several years ago, reportedly with the understanding that the planes would not be placed in Tabouk, so that they would not serve as a "threat" to Israel, the report said.
However, during the war in Iraq, the Saudis moved the planes to the northern part of the Kingdom, in order to distance them from Iraq, and now the Saudis are refusing to remove them.
According to the report, Israel has asked Washington several times to exert pressure on Riyadh to move the planes to distant airports, due to Israeli security assessments that the current location endangers Israel.
Giora Rom, former Israeli attach� in Washington told Army Radio, "Throughout the Saudi Kingdom, Tabouk is the closest airport to Israel.
"And a combat squadron has been positioned there for decades. In the general outline of power relations between Israel and Syria, this airport (Tabouk) is the only one relevant to us". (Albawaba.com)
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