| UK: Peer was paid to introduce lobbyist to minister by David Leigh and Rob Evans, The Guardian October 26th, 2007 A Labour peer has admitted taking money to introduce an arms company lobbyist to the government minister in charge of weapons purchases. |
| US: Clinton Bucks The Trend and Rakes in Cash From The US Weapons Industry by Leonard Doyle, The Independent (UK) October 19th, 2007 The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. |
| US: U.S. probes Blackwater weapons shipments by Joseph Neff, News & Observer (North Carolina) September 22nd, 2007 The U.S. government is investigating whether private military contractor Blackwater USA, blamed for the deaths of 11 Iraqis in Baghdad on Sunday, has been shipping unlicensed automatic weapons and military goods to Iraq. |
| INDIA: Building a Modern Arsenal in India by Heather Timmons and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times August 31st, 2007 India is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power. With a ballooning arms budget, India will soon become one of the largest military markets in the world, making it an important new target for American arms manufacturers. |
| UK: British firm under scrutiny for export of Bosnian guns to Iraq by Jamie Doward and Johnny McDevitt, The Observer (UK) August 13th, 2007 MPs and Amnesty International demand to know if a Nottingham-based company has breached the United Nations arms embargo |
| US: As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits by Eli Clifton, Inter Press Service News Agency August 2nd, 2007 In a report to lawmakers earlier this week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found that the war in Iraq could cost U.S. taxpayers over a trillion dollars when the long-term costs of caring for soldiers wounded in action, military and economic aid for the Iraqi government, and ongoing costs associated with the 190,000 troops stationed in Iraq are totaled up. |
| WORLD: US probes Saudi-linked UK arms firm by David Robertson and Tom Baldwin, The Times (London) June 28th, 2007 The British and US governments are on a diplomatic collision course after the US Department of Justice launched a formal investigation into allegations of corruption at defence company BAE Systems. The US investigation will scrutinise BAE's dealings with Saudi Arabia to expose an account allegedly held by the Bank of England that is used to facilitate Saudi payments for arms. |
| US: Bandar Bribery Case Crosses the Atlantic by Emad Mekay , Inter Press Service News Agency June 27th, 2007 The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations of bribery by the British defence contractor BAE Systems to Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, a high-ranking member of the Saudi royal family with wide contacts and relations here. |
| UK: Rowntree dumps its Reed shares by Katherine Griffiths, Telegraph February 13th, 2007 Two investors in Reed Elsevier have sold their shares as a protest that the publishing giant runs arms fairs which have included the sale of torture equipment. |
| IRAQ: US money is 'squandered' in Iraq BBC News January 31st, 2007 Millions of dollars in US rebuilding funds have been wasted in Iraq, US auditors say in a report which warns corruption in the country is rife. |
| US: Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels by Richard Cummings, Playboy.com January 16th, 2007 If you think the Iraq war hasn't worked out very well for anyone, think again. Defense contractors such as Lockheed are thriving. And no wonder: Here's the story how Lockheed's interests- as opposed to those of the American citizenry- set the course of U.S. policy after 9/11. |
| SAUDI ARABIA: Arms deal probe stopped over Saudi threat to cease terror help Agence France Presse December 18th, 2006 A British investigation into a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia was stopped because Riyadh threatened to withdraw all co-operation on security and intelligence, a newspaper has reported. |
| SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi 'slush fund' investigation discontinued by Elsa McLaren and Andrew Ellson, Times Online U.K. December 14th, 2006 A two-year corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into a £60 million "slush fund" that was allegedly set up for members of Saudi Arabia's royal family was discontinued today. |
| INDIA: "Bribery scandal could harm defense ties with India" by Ran Dagoni, Globes (Israel) October 24th, 2006 Allegations made by the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation that Israeli defense firms bribed Indian officials so that they would prefer Israeli products could chill defense ties between the two countries, warns US magazine “Defense Week.” |
| EU: EU firms getting round China arms embargo by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer October 3rd, 2006 European firms such as AugustaWestland and Eurocopter are supplying components for Chinese combat helicopters via networks of global subsidiaries and re-exporters despite the EU's 17-year old China arms embargo, NGOs have warned. |
| CANADA: Our side of defence
by Jorge Barrera, The Ottawa Times August 20th, 2006 Ottawa may have the reputation of a government town, but it's also home to Canada's military-industrial complex. |
| US: Army May End Lockheed Spy Plane Contract Associated Press January 12th, 2006 The Army is expected to cancel a Lockheed Martin Corp. contract to build a new spy plane, according to industry and Pentagon officials, despite efforts by the defense contractor to solve problems that include lightening the plane's weight. |
| UK: Britain in $70 Billion Jet Deal With Saudi Arabia Agence France Presse December 21st, 2005 Britain is to supply Saudi Arabia with Typhoon jets in a massive deal reported to be worth up to 70 billion dollars, that primarily benefits British company BAE Systems, the Ministry of Defence said. |
| US: Raytheon wins US$1.3 billion army contract for new radar system Associated Press November 15th, 2005 Raytheon Co. said Tuesday it won a $1.3-billion-US army contract to develop and test a new radar system designed to protect troops from cruise missile attacks. |
| Iraq: Army Contract Again Disputed
by T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times May 26th, 2004 The U.S. Army has, for the second time, awarded a contract to supply the Iraqi security forces to a consortium of companies with little arms experience and whose participants include a friend of controversial Iraqi official Ahmad Chalabi. |