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JPost: 'US stopped parts sales during intifada' - '...the embargo was short-term, and was imposed because the of the Israeli policy of "targeted killings" by the Israeli air-force using US made helicopters. "The embargo was lifted after the 9/11 attacks", Dichter said in his speech...' (Link)