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| | CNN.com - Israel's army phases out Uzi submachine gun - Dec. 17, 2003 |
 | | But the Uzi, a national icon and the country's most famous contribution to the arms industry, will still be produced and exported, to the presumable delight of drug dealers, gang members, Secret Service agents and Hollywood action stars alike. |
 | | The Uzi -- whose modified single-shot pistol version can be bought for some $500 in the United States -- is one of the most copied weapons in the world, with knockoffs produced in China and several eastern European countries, according to Israeli media reports. |
 | | The Tavor, like the Uzi, is small enough to be useful in street combat, but it can also be outfitted with high-tech electronics, such as sights that can provide real-time data on targets a soldier might not be able to see with his own eyes. |
| www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/12/17/israel.obsolete.uzi.ap (910 words) |
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