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"Officials said the State Department has contacted the Lebanese Foreign Ministry for clarification of Lebanon's decision to procure the MiG-29 fighter-jet from Moscow. They said the procurement would escalate regional tension, particularly with Lebanon's southern neighbor, Israel." Oh, yes. US is worried. Lebanon acquired 10 used fighter jets from Russia, and they will be delivered without their missiles. It will take around 5 years before they become operational. 10 Lebanese fighter jets pose a great threats to the Israeli 600 fighter jets. The Middle East military balance is tipped once again thanks to another useless trip by the useless (and corrupt) Lebanese Minister of Defense. Ilyas Al-Murr and Michel Al-Murr are part of one the most corrupt families in Lebanon. They represented Israel when Israeli invaded Lebanon, and then represented Syria after 1985. In 1998, after Salim Al-Huss formed his cabinet on an anti-corruption platform, I asked him: how can you fight corruption when you have Michel Al-Murr as a minister. He said: I did not pick him. I said: who did? He said: "Regional powers." I said: why would you agree to Syrian pressures? He said: please change the subject and don't ask me about Syria.