[A-List] Persian Gulf: US Provided $72 Billion In Arms To Sheikhdoms

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From: Rick Rozoff
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: [stopnato] Persian Gulf: US Provided $72 Billion In Arms To 
Sheikhdoms


http://en.rian.ru/world/20080116/97039930.html

Russian Information Agency Novosti
January 16, 2008

U.S. reports arms deals of $72 bln to Gulf allies from
1981-2006


[Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab
Emirates and Oman are the members of the Gulf
Cooperation Council and since the 2004 NATO summit in
Istanbul have been elevated to an enhanced partnership
with NATO under the rubric of the Istanbul Cooperation
Initiative along with Mediterranean Dialogue members
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco
and Tunisia.]

WASHINGTON - The United States rendered military
services worth a total of $72 billion to six Arab
states in the Persian Gulf from 1981 to 2006, the
Congressional Research Service (CRS) said on
Wednesday.

The six countries - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman - are members
of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the
Persian Gulf [Gulf Cooperation Council], and U.S.
allies in the region.

Saudi Arabia was the largest recipient of U.S. arms
transfers, purchasing weapons and military services
worth $57 billion from 1981 to 2006, the CRS report
said.

The U.S. White House unveiled on Monday plans to
supply 900 high-precision bombs to Saudi Arabia worth
$123 million.

In connection with this, the CRS report says that
Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs had previously only
been supplied in the region by the United States to
Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

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