[WesternPacific]

Ex-French defense chief says, despite close defense ties, Israel refused requests to back up claims that Hezbollah stored Scuds in Syria.

Well, that's understandable. It's France that was asking.

[gr8eman]

They were prolly on a fishing expedition for intel. I bet if the Israelis were dumb enough to tell them that info would have directly went to Syria. Remember, the frenchies used to run Syria.