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According to the New York Times, all manner of military supplies such as missiles and vehicles like tanks and various fighter aircraft have been sold around the world whilst Mid East conflicts are taking centre stage.
In 2005, US foreign military sales totaled 12 billion dollars in comparison with 32 billion this year and the cycle seems to be self-perpetuating with 60 countries getting 4.5 billion dollars in military aid from the US.
Nearly 80 percent of that aid goes to Israel and Egypt, and recently the Bush administration gave Iraq and Afghanistan large stashes of equipment at no charge.
The US congress does have the power to veto these kinds of deals, but is slow in invoking that power as the US client lists grows exponentially each year.
The US Department of Defense says Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, India, Iraq, Morocco and Pakistan acquired supplies totaling 13.8 billion dollars in the last four financial years.
"This is not about being gunrunners," Bruce Lemkin, the Air Force deputy undersecretary who has coordinated many of the largest sales says. "This is about building a more secure world."

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