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Germany halts delivery of submarines to Israel

IRNA

Berlin, Nov 24, IRNA -- The German government has unexpectedly 
halted the delivery of two German `Dolphin` submarines to Israel, 
citing fears of a new arms race in the Mideast region, the weekly 
Focus magazine said Monday. 
Berlin has voiced concerns after Israel had modified three other 
German-made submarines with nuclear warheads. 
Germany built and delivered at no charge the three `Dolphin 
submarines for Israel in 1999 and 2000. 
Although the German government is legally banned from exporting 
arms to crises regions, Germany has become one of Israel`s major arms 
supplier. 
German arms exports to Israel totalled some 900 million dollars 
between 1998 and 2001. 
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