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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar (D-MN) grilled Elliot Abrams yesterday, holding his feet to the fire about his having lied to Congress (to two counts of which which he pleaded guilty) and about his support for far right wing forces in Central America responsible for massacres (forces Abrams characterizes as “democratic,” confusing oppressive […]

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How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World

William D. Hartung

New York ( Tomdispatch.com) – American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between one-third and more than one-half the value of all international weapons sales. It’s hard to imagine things getting much worse — or better, if you happen to be an arms […]

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Saudi Arabia world’s 3rd highest military spender but 41st in World Population

Middle East Monitor

Saudi military spending reached $69.4 billion in 2017

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Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal (for Everyone)

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By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – It’s one of those stories of the century that somehow never gets treated that way. For an astounding 25 of the past 26 years, the United States has been the leading arms dealer on the planet, at some moments in near monopolistic fashion. Its major […]

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US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

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TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia bought the almost 7,000 TOW missiles – plus an additional 96 for training purposes – for a total of US$670 million. The U.S. Congress has one month to counter the Trump administration’s approval of a US$1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, with almost 7,000 anti-tank missiles thrown into […]

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Huge Military Budgets Make Us Broke, Not Safe

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By Miriam Pemberton | (Otherwords.org) | – – Backing down from nuclear war would make us a lot safer than piling more money into the Pentagon. We’re all tense. Hearing about our fellow citizens in Hawaii scrambling around, looking for a place to hide from a nuclear bomb, will do that to you. So will […]

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10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

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TeleSur | – – Only in the third financial quarter of 2017 German arms sale to Saudi Arabia accounted for US$550 million. Spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday the country will “immediately” stop all arms exports to countries involved in the ongoing war in Yemen, which began in March 2015 and has so […]

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Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?

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Military-Industrial Complex Set for Huge Expansion

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You may not have liked the past Year but the Arms Industry Loved It

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By Harry Blain | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Half of Pentagon spending goes to contractors, the military budget is set to skyrocket, and the Trump administration is peddling arms all over the world. Chris Devers / Flickr Arms companies have had a good year. The top 100 learned in July that their […]