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December 29, 2010
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U.S. dominates Middle East arms market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 28, 2010
The United States-dominated defense sales in the Persian Gulf in 2005-09 and delivered 54 percent of the Middle East's military hardware, including advanced systems that had been denied Arab states because of Israeli objections, analysts say. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which monitors global arms sales, said in a recent study that the United Arab Emirates was the largest market for conventional arms in that time frame. SIPRI reported that U.S. defense companies ... read more

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