[CTRL] Fwd: [IPCUSA] pentagon plans to sell $4.6 billion in arms to arab nations..

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From: "Dan Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: August 1, 2006 11:31:29 PM PDT
Subject: [IPCUSA] pentagon plans to sell $4.6 billion in arms to arab nations..

pentagon plans to sell $4.6 billion in arms to arab nations.. 

July 29, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST 


Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter 
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Pentagon details plans to sell $4.6 billion in
arms to friendly Arab countries. Up to $2.9 billion in battle tanks will go
to protect critical Saudi infrastructure, while $808 million worth of UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopter gunships will be sold to the United Arab Emirates. 

Black Hawks, valued at $252 million, will also go to Bahrain. The $2.9
billion Saudi deal includes up to $400 million in AH-64 Apache helicopters,
and 58 older-generation U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks that would be updated. 

In addition, 315 Abrams tanks owned by the Saudis would be modernized with
air-conditioning and infrared sights for commanders and gunners. 

The announcement comes two weeks after the Bush administration said it will
sell Israel up to $210 million in JP-8 aviation fuel to help "keep peace and
security in the region." 

The U.S. also rushed delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, as it
conducts air strikes against Hezbollah fighters. 

The Pentagon has tapped General Dynamics Corp.'s Land Systems business to be
the project's prime contractor. 

The Pentagon said in a required notice to Congress, "The proposed sale and
upgrade will allow Saudi Arabia to operate and exercise a more lethal and
survivable M1A2S tank for the protection of critical infrastructure." 





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