Data (Imra): Egypt investing considerably more on imported weapons than Israel. Many years ago during a visit to Egypt then MK Bennie Begin
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infuriated his hosts when he asked against what enemy Egypt was devoting so many billions of dollars on weapons (instead of on improving the lives of Egyptians) now that it had a peace treaty with Israel. The following data is excerpted from tables appearing in Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005 October 23, 2006 Congressional Research Service www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33696.pdf Table 1H. Arms Transfer Agreements with Near East 2002-2005- by Recipient Country (in millions of current U.S. dollars) [USA component in brackets] Egypt [5,200] 6,100 Israel [2,500] 2,900 Jordan [900] 1,400 Kuwait [2,000] 2,100 Saudi Arabia [4,200] 8,900 Syria [0] 1,300 U.A.E. [** 1,300] 3,800 Note: All data are rounded to nearest $100 million. **The United States total for 1998-2001 includes a $6.432 billion licensed commercial agreement with the United Arab Emirates in 2000 for 80 F-16 aircraft. Source: U.S. Government Table 2H. Arms Deliveries to Near East, 2002-2005- by Recipient Country (in millions of current U.S. dollars) [USA component in brackets] Egypt [5,800] 6,500 Israel [4,400] 4,500 Jordan [400] 600 Kuwait [800] 1,300 Saudi Arabia [4,400] 19,700 Syria [0] 500 U.A.E. [500] 7,100 Note:. All data are rounded to nearest $100 million. Source: U.S. Government/ from Dr Aaron Lerner

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