Fact and figures: Global trade in small arms - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Fact and figures: Global trade in small arms - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Turkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions | Reuters

Turkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country's war-torn neighbor."

Boeing wins $1.9 billion deal for U.S. surveillance planes | Reuters

Boeing wins $1.9 billion deal for U.S. surveillance planes | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Boeing Co (BA.N) has won a $1.9 billion contract to build 11 more P-8 maritime surveillance planes for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Defense Department said Friday."

Defense contractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Defense contractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here are the people who gain from the world's instability.

MP attacks Hague over review of arms sales to Arab regimes | Politics | guardian.co.uk

MP attacks Hague over review of arms sales to Arab regimes | Politics | guardian.co.uk: "In a damning report earlier this year, the Commons arms export controls committees demanded an urgent review of exports to 'authoritarian regimes worldwide'.

They referred specifically to the Mubarak and Gaddafi regimes in Egypt and Libya, to Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Observers said military trucks sent by the Saudis to help suppress demonstrations in Bahrain were British."

Surely we also know that many weapons used against protesters were US made; we hope the US will set up arm export controls this would also look at our arm export to Israel and thus our role into the aggressive repression of the Palestinian people which has resulted in thousands of deaths.