Gulf states plan weapons buying binge
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Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks, officials say.
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The Iraqi government has given Shi&#39;ite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than
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U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to counter Iran's growing military clout, made clear his commitment on Monday to go ahead with a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as he began his first visit to the Islamic kingdom.
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LOS ANGELES  - The request: Someone in the U.S. wanted to ship guns to Abu Dhabi. True, they were Hollywood prop guns, but with Abu Dhabi smack dab in the middle of the Middle East, such a request might raise some eyebrows.
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The Gulf state of Kuwait plans to spend 51 billion dollars over the next five years to upgrade its vital energy sector which generates 95 percent of its revenue, a top oil executive said Monday.
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Â· Military spending to hit highest level since WWIIÂ· Plans will leave successor with spending headache
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Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N and  Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N would bear the brunt of proposed  cuts in U.S. weapons purchases totaling $30 billion over the  next six years, according to the summary from a Pentagon budget  document made available to Reuters Monday.
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Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said on Thursday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced on Monday that he will extend the cash-for-weapons plan issued for Shiite fighters in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City to all Iraqi cities, in an attempt to disarm the entire country.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush's proposed war budget includes many high-cost weapons that won't be operational for years, using a funding request aimed at supporting the troops to seek money for some of the Pentagon's favorite projects.
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President Bush, on his first visit to this oil-rich kingdom, delivered a major arms sale Monday to its ally in a region where the U.S. casts neighboring Iran as a menacing threat
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A new contract proposal put forward last week by the Joint Contracting Command-Iraq shows that the U.S. military believes there is going to be a continuing need for private, armed, security services such as Blackwater USA in that country for years to come.
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The United States has satisfied about 70 percent of the military&#39;s combat armored vehicle requirements in the Middle East and surrounding regions.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.    The announcement came as fresh violence erupted in Baghdad and Mosul...
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The Bush administration is pressuring the United Arab Emirates to crack down on foreign companies the White House believes are smuggling equipment to nearby Iran to build explosive devices killing American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President George W. Bush will seek $140.7 billion on Monday for the U.S. Army in fiscal 2009, including increased funds to buy helicopters and other equipment, according to budget documents obtained by Reuters.
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The Bush administration said on Monday it had notified Congress of plans to sell Saudi Arabia a package of advanced arms in what officials have described as an effort to counter growing Iranian military clout.