MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By Krishnadev Calamur, NPR.org, Nov. 21, 2013
Saudi Arabia has emerged as the biggest foreign customer for German arms, buying nearly a quarter of Germany's total weapons sales.
It's part of an emerging pattern of weapons purchases by Saudi Arabia and its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia was the world's 10th-largest weapons importer in 2008-2012 (the Emirates was No. 9). And Saudi Arabia is expected to be among the top five for 2013-17 "due to major outstanding orders, such as for 48 Typhoon combat aircraft from the UK and 152 F-15SA combat aircraft from the USA."
That's according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks such sales.
Last month, the U.S. Defense Department said it would sell the Saudis and the Emiratis $10.8 billion in advanced weaponry, including Boeing's Expanded-Response Standoff Land Attack Missile and Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon [....]