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World powers edge closer to Libya solution
Western nations prepared to ramp up further pressure Tuesday to prevent a full-blown catastrophe in Libya where strongman Moamer Kadhafi said his followers were ready to die to save his regime. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly called for a special meeting of leaders to “consider further European Union action” [...]
Arms Sales to Middle East Backfire
Arms sales to Arab countries have been a gold mine for the Dutch government, but now it seems the Netherlands is regretting its choice of trading partners; Dutch armed vehicles may have been used against protesters in the recent uprisings in Egypt and Bahrain. Over the last two decades, the Netherlands has sold 730 million [...]
Defiant Kadhafi orders uprising crushed
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered his forces Tuesday to crush an uprising that has rocked his 41-year rule, warning armed protesters they will be executed and vowing to fight to the end. In a defiant and rambling television speech, Kadhafi vowed to remain in Libya as leader, saying he would die as a martyr in [...]
Western arms makers eye lucrative Mideast market
Western arms makers, squeezed by budget cuts at home, jostled to ink deals at the biggest arms fair in the Middle East as crackdowns on anti-regime protesters claimed hundreds of lives in the region. Shiny fighter jets and armored vehicles were showcased at the Sunday opening of the 10th International Defense Exhibition and Conference in [...]
Mideast unrest puts US military access in jeopardy
Popular unrest sweeping the Middle East highlights the US military’s reliance on Arab regimes that offer privileged access to airfields and ports from Cairo to Qatar. The military’s dominant role in the region hinges on a web of agreements with friendly Arab states that allow American forces to patrol oil shipping routes in the Gulf, [...]
Bahrain forces break up protester camp: witnesses
Two people were killed and at least 50 injured overnight Wednesday as Bahrain’s security forces moved in to clear protesters camped out in a central Manama square, a Shiite opposition spokesman told AFP. “Two people have been killed and at least 50 others injured, at least 10 of them seriously,” Matar Matar, spokesman for the [...]
Military Modernization Efforts Spur Further Middle East Defense Growth
The Middle East defense spending binge is set to grow further in coming years as Gulf Arab nations embark on military modernization programs. In its annual Middle East market analysis, Forecast International expects defense investment across the region to expand by 14 percent over the next five years. The region’s continuation as a leading global [...]
US to boost weapons stockpile in Israel: report
Jerusalem: The United States is to significantly increase the amount of military equipment held in Israel as part of a move to upgrade security ties between the two allies, press reports said Thursday. The move, which will see an extra 400-million-dollars worth of smart bombs and other precision weaponry and equipment moved to Israel over [...]
Obama backs Israel on nuclear conference
Washington: US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that attempts to single out Israel over its undeclared nuclear program could scupper a Middle East regional nuclear conference planned for 2012. Obama delivered the warning in a statement about his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he gave Israel a veiled, but public assurance [...]
