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To: MSI who wrote (278153)	7/19/2002 11:37:25 PM
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Switzerland is finally getting a backbone and breaking the Zionist control over their leaders: May. 29, 2002 Switzerland drops Israeli arms maker: Swiss daily By THE JERUSALEM POST STAFF Zurich - The Swiss defense ministry dropped Israel's state-owned arms maker Rafael from a shortlist of companies considered for a contract to equip its F/A-18 combat aircraft with missiles, The Swiss Tages-Anzeiger newspaper reported today. Switzerland narrowed the shortlist for the 200 million Swiss franc ($127 million) contract for air-to-air missiles to one US and one European product, the paper said, citing Godi Huber, a spokesman for the ministry's arms procurement department. The decision isn't connected to a political discussion about the future of military ties with Israel, Huber told the Zurich daily. The Swiss government asked the defense ministry last month to examine ways of restricting the military links after Israeli troops occupied Palestinian towns in the West Bank. The defense ministry had told a parliamentary committee in March that an Israeli company was on the shortlist for the contract, TA said. The parliamentary panel on foreign affairs urged Switzerland on Friday to suspend all military cooperation with Israel, the paper said. (Bloomberg)