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Hold on $100m US military aid to Lebanon to be lifted after extensive review
17 September 2010
BEIRUT: The hold on US military aid to Lebanon, in place since August, will be lifted, media reports said on Thursday.
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Howard Berman, is said to have agreed to remove his objections to the $100 million worth of assistance following an extensive review of the already-allocated aid, the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper reported.
Berman first placed a hold on the aid on August 2, but after the outbreak of hostilities on August 3 – in which two Lebanese soldiers, a journalist and an Israeli officer were killed – cries from other members of congress to stop the funding because of alleged links to Hizbullah intensified.
“I strongly condemn the unprovoked attacked by the Lebanese Army that resulted in the death of an Israeli officer,” he said. “Until we know more about this incident and the nature of Hizbullah influence on the LAF … I cannot in good conscience allow the US to continue sending weapons to Lebanon.”
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