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Global Military Spending Soars 45 Percent in 10 Years
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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Global Military Spending Soars 45 Percent in 10 Years - CommonDreams.org
STOCKHOLM - World military spending grew 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditures, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.0609 05Military spending grew six percent last year alone, according to SIPRI’s annual report.
In 2007, 1,339 billion dollars (851 billion euros) was spent on arms and other military expenditures, corresponding to 2.5 percent of global gross domestic product, or GDP, and 202 dollars for each of the world’s 6.6 billion people.
The United States spends by far the most towards military aims, dishing out 547 billion dollars last year, or 45 percent of global expenditure.
International funding for Muslim militants is increasing?
Friday, January 18th, 2008
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The Jakarta Post - Thailand claims international funding for southern Muslim militants is increasing
Thailand claims international funding for southern Muslim militants is increasing
BANGKOK (AP): Thailand’s military-installed government said Friday that the violent Islamic insurgency in the country’s south had intensified due to an influx of funding from local drug traffickers and many international supporters.
Government Spokesman Chaiya Yimvilai said the foreign funding could have come from terrorist groups, but he refused to name any such groups or say where they might be based.
Saboteurs detonated six simultaneous bombs along major Pemex pipelines early Monday
Monday, September 17th, 2007
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Guadalajara Reporter, Front cover page story
Industry at standstill as Pemex sabotage continues Story by : MEGAN SMITH
Saboteurs detonated six simultaneous bombs along major Pemex pipelines early Monday, bringing industrial plants to a grinding halt and challenging Mexico’s ability to protect its primary revenue source. The explosions in the states of Veracruz and Tlaxcala were the second attack on Pemex installations this summer by the People’s Revolutionary Army (EPR), a guerrilla army who claimed responsibility Tuesday as part of their “national campaign of harassment” against the federal government.
Russia creates world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb to ensure security and to battle terrorism - Pravda.Ru
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
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The Russian military has successfully completed tests of the world’s most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb. Channel One television said the new ordnance, nicknamed the “dad of all bombs” is four times more powerful than the U.S. “mother of all bombs.” Russia creates world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb to ensure security and to battle terrorism. “The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” Alexander Rukhsin, a deputy chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, said in televised remarks.
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