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arms deal stories: 13 news summaries

 Chávez in Russia for 
 Military Spending Spree 

Venezuela recognizes breakaway republics ahead of arms deal talks

Sep 10, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters,... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • arms deal • tanks • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

EU Sold Millions in Weapons to
Sri Lankan Army

European arms may have been used
in civil war atrocities

Jun 2, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - European Union nations sold millions of dollars worth of arms and military equipment to the Sri Lankan army in the final stages of its 26-year civil war, in which the army has been accused of atrocities. The UK sold the country $22.3 million in armored vehicles and weapons, though... More »

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European Union • United Kingdom • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • arms deal • arms sales • Sri Lankan Army • Slovakia

Pentagon to Add 20K Jobs
in Arms-Buying Overhaul

Obama says acquisitions program has 'run amok'

May 7, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Defense Department will add 20,000 jobs over the next 5 years in an overhaul of its $100 billion weapons-buying process, Reuters reports. New regulations will tie compensation more closely to performance, and the Pentagon will require “real, substantial” tax savings in any multiyear deals, a deputy defense... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Defense • arms deal • weapons • job • job creation • Obama administration • arms sales • President Obama

 Russia Snubs US, 
 Sells Arms to Iran 

Rice blasts belligerence as Moscow sells surface-to-air missiles

Sep 19, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defying the objections of the United States, Russia has announced plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela. In the latest escalation of the diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West, the state arms exporter will sell anti-aircraft systems to the two countries, the Times of London reports. "... More »

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Iran • Russia • Venezuela • Condoleezza Rice • missile • arms deal • weapons • surface to air

S. African Court Throws Out Zuma Graft Case

Ruling clears way for leader to become president

Sep 12, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South African court has thrown out a corruption case against Jacob Zuma, effectively clearing the way for him to become president next year. The judge ruled that the charges—including 12 counts of fraud, four of corruption, and one each of racketeering and money laundering—were invalid because he... More »

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fraud • South Africa • arms deal • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • corruption charges

Iraq's Secret $833M Arms Buy Raises Concern

Purchase from Serbia reveals Baghdad's military woes

Apr 13, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A secret arms deal highlights Baghdad's trouble arming its troops and securing Iraq, the New York Times reports. Officials signed the $833 million deal with Serbia last month, without approval in Baghdad—and procured faulty or useless planes, tanks, and other arms. Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadir defended the move,... More »

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Iraq • military • Serbia • Nouri al-Maliki • arms deal • weapons • Abdul Qadir

South African Leader Indicted for Corruption

Lawyer calls charges 'politically motivated'; party crisis intensifies

Dec 28, 07 10:39 PM CST
(Newser) - South African prosecutors hit a new ruling party leader with corruption charges today, threatening his shot at the presidency and risking a prolonged legal and political crisis, the Guardian reports. ANC leader Jacob Zuma was ordered to stand trial next year on charges including racketeering and fraud linked to a... More »

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fraud • corruption • South Africa • racketeering • arms deal • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress

Italian Cops Bust Secret Iraqi Arms Deal

US kept in the dark as ministry ordered guns that might have outfitted militias

Aug 12, 07 11:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A secret transaction providing the Iraqi government with over $40 million worth of weapons was uncovered by Italian police investigating local Mafiosi, the Guardian reports. Without the knowledge of American military commanders, the Iraqi interior ministry had ordered 105,000 rifles from arms traffickers, ostensibly to supply police. Italian police... More »

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Italy • Shia • weapon • militia • arms deal • Mafia • Iraq government • arms trafficking • guns

Libya Clinches European
Arms Deal

Sarkozy yields to probe of ties to Gadhafi,  Belgian nurses

Aug 4, 07 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy submitted yesterday to calls for an inquiry over the weapons and  nuclear technology deal just finalized with Libya, says the Financial Times. Sarkozy flew to Tripoli to shake on the deal last week, just days after Libya's release of six Bulgarian nurses. Under the agreement, Libya will... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Libya • nuclear reactor • weapon • missile • arms deal • Moammar Gadhafi • Bulgarian nurses

(Newser) - Israel is investigating reports that Russia will supply Iran with $1 billion in long-range fighter jets and aerial fuel tankers, the Jerusalem Post says. Israeli officials say the pact could be a partial response to a billion-dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. More »

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Iran • Russia • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • fighter jet • fuel tankers • arms deal

Bush Plans
Huge Arms Deal With Saudis

Saudi role in
Iraq complicates
$20B deal

Jul 28, 07 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is proposing a $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and five Gulf neighbors, despite increasing dismay over the Saudis' undermining the US-backed Iraqi government, the New York Times reports. The deal, likely to generate resistance in Congress, makes no demands for Saudi cooperation on Iraq; its... More »

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Iraq • Israel • Saudi Arabia • weapon • arms deal

US Will Share
Nuke Fuel, Technology
With India

Civilian deal reverses US precedent

Jul 27, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United States unveiled a plan today to share nuclear fuel and technology with India, upending decades of American non-proliferation strictures, the AP reports. The deal allows only civilian uses, but critics are concerned nonetheless about the specter of an Asian  nuclear arms race. More »

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nuclear proliferation • Congress • United Nations • India • United States • nuclear • arms deal • arms race

Saudi Prince Pocketed $2B
in Arms Deal

British arms giant BAE said to have paid 'fees' to Bandar for 10 years

Jun 7, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, the former Saudi ambassador to the US and a close friend of President Bush, allegedly accepted nearly $2 billion from the British arms giant BAE  in connection with an $86-billion arms deal. The Guardian claims the payments, made in $60-million increments over 10 years, through... More »

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Tony Blair • Saudi Arabia • investigation • fraud • Scotland Yard • Prince Bandar • BAE • arms deal

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