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To: maceng2 who wrote (193553)	7/28/2006 1:41:27 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Pearly, if Bush can't land his bomb shuttles in England, he'll just fly them over nonstop to Israel in B-1's! Those bombs MUST get through. The Rapture and the Second Coming depend on them! <g>

To: maceng2 who wrote (193553)	7/29/2006 5:34:29 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Arms row goes on - after US apology ananova.com President George Bush has apologised to Britain over the US's failure to declare two aircraft were carrying missiles bound for Israel when they refuelled at a Scottish airport. Britain's Civil Aviation Authority is investigating whether the US had applied for the necessary exemptions to carry hazardous material on two chartered Airbus A310 cargo planes that recently refuelled at Glasgow's Prestwick airport. "President Bush did apologise for the fact that proper procedures were not followed," Blair's official spokesman told reporters following talks between the two leaders in Washington. "It was a gracious thing to do." Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett had earlier complained to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the sidelines of international talks in Rome on Wednesday, warning that British procedures had been violated. Mr Blair had been urged to demand an apology from Bush after learning that the two aircraft were carrying 28 GBU28 laser-guided missiles bound from the US to Israel. Meanwhile, the first of two American flights carrying "hazardous" cargo bound for Israel was landing overnight to refuel at Prestwick Airport as protesters planned to stage a demonstration there on Sunday. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed earlier that two commercial cargo carriers would jet in to the Ayrshire airport from Texas over the weekend, both en route to Tel Aviv. The CAA was not sure exactly what was on board the first 747 plane. Residents and politicians voiced anger at the airport's use as a stopover for the planes. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell said the flights over the weekend were "adding insult to injury". "What price the President's apology now? The British Government should be pursuing an active policy of denying weapons of any kind to anyone in the Middle East who may be assisting the conflict in any way." The SNP's deputy Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP said the latest US arrivals were "completely unacceptable" and called on the Scottish Executive to make a stand against them.