Abbas to Get Russian Armored Vehicles

The Russians will be delivering 50 armored vehicles to Abbas' "security forces" but with no mounted weapons as the Palestinians wanted. That shouldn't be a big problem for Abbas though, he'll probably get the weapons from the US. Reuters

Is it just me, or is this just crazy?

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After months of delay, Russia agreed to Israeli conditions regarding the delivery of armored vehicles to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces, Israeli officials said on Friday.

Israel agreed in November to allow the Palestinians to receive up to 50 lightly armored vehicles but a dispute emerged over a Palestinian demand that they have guns mounted on them.

Israeli officials said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a meeting on Thursday that Russia agreed to shipping the vehicles without mounted guns.