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Benny B

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UAE goes shopping for US weapons
« on: April 27, 2009, 04:50:42 PM »
Despite the global economic crisis, the United Arab Emirates, a country of under a million people, is set to see its total defence spending for this year soar to over $7bn.

Al Jazeera's Owen Fay reports on the reasons behind the tiny Gulf nation's increased defence spending, which has seen it become the world's third largest importer of American weapons.

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Re: UAE goes shopping for US weapons
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 04:57:55 PM »
Well, it looks like Oman is getting it's ass kicked in the near future....
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