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EGYPT TO DEPLOY HELICOPTERS ALONG ISRAELI BORDER

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Egypt plans to deploy combat helicopters along its border with Israel.

Israeli officials said the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a plan for the Egyptian deployment of helicopters, light armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons and 750 commandos along the border with the Gaza Strip and Israel. They said Egypt could introduce its military presence by 2006, after Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip.

The Egyptian military has a range of Western-origin helicopters. They include the U.S.-origin AH-64A Apache attack helicopter, the SA-342 Gazelle, the light transport UH-12E and the S-70A Black Hawk.

Officials said the introduction of Egyptian forces and heavy weaponry would facilitate Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza-Egypt border, termed the Philadelphi Route. Egypt has urged Israel to include Philadelphi in its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in July 2005.

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