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First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

RUSSIA BEGINS DELIVERY OF $1 BILLION ARMS PACKAGE TO AZERBAIJAN

The Moscow Times says that Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan.In a June 18 article, the newspaper quotes Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Moscow based defense think tank CAST, that t ... [Published Armtown.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Russia, Ruslan Pukhov, The Moscow Times

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Russia begins delivering arms package to Azerbaijan

MOSCOW - Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan, a Moscow-based defense group said on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic strengthens its military readiness in the volatile South Ca ... [Published Jerusalem Post - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Council on Foreign Relations

EU Council on Foreign Relations: The Reform of China's Defense Economy

loading... Author: Franois Godement June 2013"[The] country's defense experts and policy makers are now addressing systemic reform and modernization issues, and are talking about breaking down barriers to cooperation with civilian industry and market-driven ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Council on Foreign Relations, China, market-driven, Modernization

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi chemical victims sue France firms

A group of Kurdish victims of the 1988 chemical attack against the Iraqi city of Halabja are filing a lawsuit against two French companies for supplying chemical weapons to Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein, Press TV reports.The group has requested ... [Published Press tv - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Chemical, Saddam Hussein, France

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

74th Fry Day Poll: Is War A Booming Industry?

Tags : Fry Day Poll, Maps of India, Arms Industry, Booming IndustryWrite to the editorNew Delhi, June 14: The 74th Fry Day Poll of Mapsofworld.com brings to us all a topic which has been interrelated with mankind since times immemorial. This week, the ... [Published Headlines India - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Arms Industry, Arms Trade, Ordnance

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR STABILITY AND PROGRESS

77-year-old reserve general willing to buy 95% of ...

Sopot. 77-year-old reserve lieutenant general Krum Mihaylov, who arrived at the state-run military plant VMZ-Sopot by his brand new Jaguar, has expressed his willingness to meet with Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoychev, FOCUS – Plovdiv Radio ... [Published Focus Bulgaria - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: VMZ-Sopot, NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR STABILITY AND PROGRESS, Plovdiv, Arms Industry

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 7 reports

Moscow threatens to speed missiles to Syria but also offers to delay

Russia could speed up delivery of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria if the West intervenes, but also floated the idea of suspending the shipment, Russian media reported on Friday, as Moscow set out its negotiating position ahead of peace talks.A Russian ... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: missile, Moscow, Syria

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 2 reports

U.S. Russia At Odds Over Moscows Plan To Arm Syria

A MIG-29 and its armaments on display at the military aerodrome at Vasylkiv near Kiev. Russian media has hinted that Moscow could speed up delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria if the U.S. and its allies decide to impose a no-fly zone to ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Syria, Moscow, MiG-29, S-300, Russia

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 19 reports

Russian missiles ‘will take some time’

MOSCOW: Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles will probably arrive in Syria only after several months, but more Israeli air strikes or the creation of a no-fly zone would speed up delivery, a Russian arms industry source said.Russian media said Moscow ... [Published The Gulf Today - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: S-300, missile, Syria, Arms Industry

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

US Congress in pockets of arms industry

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The US Army says “no thanks to new tanks” but Congress says that the army is going to get the new tanks whether they want them or not. In fact, Congress has, apparently, said that the army WILL take and use those new ... [Published Green (Living) Review - May 27 2013]

Entities: Arms Industry, US Congress, Michael Smith, Envelopment

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 2 reports

World: The Long March Towards Abolition of War

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: World UNITED NATIONS, May 26 2013 (IPS) - Slavery. Colonialism. Apartheid. Gender discrimination in voting. All were abolished in most places after longstanding battles – largely in bygone eras. Now a high-level panel ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 27 2013]

Entities: Jody Williams, Arms Industry, Apartheid, Nuclear, International Federation of Red Cross and Red C...

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Deutsche bosses bid to boost bank

Playing dead outside Deutsche Bank's AGM - these protesters from Blockupy Frankfurt object to the bank's support for companies linked to the arms industry. They're not the only people with concerns about Germany's largest bank. Its decision to appoint ... [Published Reuters UK - May 23 2013]

Entities: Anshu Jain, Deutsche Bank AG, Blockupy, Arms Industry

Quotes

"However, a number of recent deals indicate that China is establishing itself as a significant arms supplier to a growing number of important recipient states" Holtom from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Program said in the press release

Defense strategy [Published Global Times - 16 hours ago]

...But they were apparently recently delivered to Baku and included, according to Reuters, "nearly 100 T-90C tanks, Smerch and TOS-1A multiple rocket launchers and Msta-A and Vena artillery cannons."

Russian Arms Sales To Azerbaijan On Again? [Published EurasiaNet - Jun 19 2013]

"Contrary to the assertions of the arms industry, maintaining military spending at the expense of other forms of federal expenditures actually results in a net loss of jobs" according to defense expert William D Hartung

Blake Fleetwood: 'Stupid' Spending on the Military and Health Care Is Leading to National Suicide [Published Huffington Post - Jun 18 2013]

...entities have no history of justice, no intention of justice, and no mechanism for justice, and are thus non-entities in the arena of justice.- # - "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - # - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Countering Imperialism: An Alternative Vision to Tyranny [Published Mathaba.net - Jun 18 2013]

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Guest Post: Who Are The Real Traitors? [Published Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago]
Defense strategy [Published Global Times - 16 hours ago]
RUSSIA BEGINS DELIVERY OF $1 BILLION ARMS PACKA... [Published Armtown.com - 21 hours ago]
The Global Reality: Human Trafficking is a form... [Published Assist News Service - Jun 19 2013]
Russian Arms Sales To Azerbaijan On Again? [Published EurasiaNet - Jun 19 2013]
Blake Fleetwood: 'Stupid' Spending on the Milit... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 18 2013]
Russia delivering $1 bln arms package to Azerba... [Published World Bulletin - Jun 18 2013]
Report: Russia begins delivering arms package t... [Published Jerusalem Post - Jun 18 2013]
Russia starts delivering $1 bln arms package to... [Published TrustLaw - Jun 18 2013]
Countering Imperialism: An Alternative Vision t... [Published Mathaba.net - Jun 18 2013]
Building a new China-US strategic stability [Published CHINAdaily - Jun 18 2013]
EU Council on Foreign Relations: The Reform of ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Jun 17 2013]
G8 Summit 2013 and its Africa agenda [Published ENCA - Jun 17 2013]
Iraqi chemical victims sue France firms [Published Press tv - Jun 14 2013]
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei embroiled in BMW deal... [Published Al Arabiya - Jun 14 2013]
74th Fry Day Poll: Is War A Booming Industry? [Published Headlines India - Jun 14 2013]
Russia Returns to Paris Air Show With Eye on Ex... [Published Independent Media Review Analysis - Jun 14 2013]
77-year-old reserve general willing to buy 95% ... [Published Focus Bulgaria - Jun 13 2013]
John Lubbock: The Crimes of Our Fathers - From... [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 12 2013]
John Rees: A Chance To Change [Published ZNet - Jun 11 2013]
Ike Never Even Imagined [Published Cape Cod Today - Jun 11 2013]
Daly and Wallace join US stopover protest [Published Irish Independent - Jun 10 2013]
Research Unit in Media Studies Seminar Series [Published Monash University - Jun 10 2013]
Steven Seagal: International man of mystery [Published The Moderate Voice - Jun 09 2013]
Russian Arms Merchants Want Steven Seagal [Published Value Walk - Jun 07 2013]
People's Assembly - our declaration of resistance [Published Morning Star Online - Jun 07 2013]
Countering Imperialism: An Alternative Vision t... [Published RINF.com - Jun 06 2013]
Will Obama End the Long War on Terror? [Published The Nation - Jun 06 2013]
INSIGHT-Russia's Syria diplomacy, a game of smo... [Published CNBC - Jun 06 2013]
Bulletproof Monk: Steven Seagal's Globetrotting... [Published Talking Points Memo - Jun 05 2013]

Blogs

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Guest Post: Who Are The Real Traitors? [Published Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago] Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog , “I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.” – Edward Snowden “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home ...
Steven Seagal: International man of mystery [Published The Moderate Voice - Jun 09 2013] Steven Seagal: International man of mystery (via GlobalPost ) Steven Seagal is the new face of the Russian arms industry. But that’s not all he’s doing out in the world. Emily Lodish The fact that Steven Seagal is the new face of the Russian ...
Bulletproof Monk: Steven Seagal's Globetrotting... [Published Talking Points Memo - Jun 05 2013] Action movie star Steven Seagal has made headlines in recent days for helping a congressional delegation arrange meetings with Russian officials and for a potential plan to make him the face of one of the country's largest weapons companies. Seagal's ...
Some Quick Updates on the “Steven Seagal as US ... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Jun 04 2013] (And, by the way, what were the odds before yesterday that I would have ever been able to write that headline?)I wanted to update readers who have been breathlessly following the Steven Seagal story I wrote about yesterday . As you all know by now, Congressmen Dana ...
Genius [Published Talking Points Memo - Jun 04 2013] So sounds like those Congressmen hooking up with Steven Seagal for their 'fact-finding' mission to Russia was part of his new marketing gig for the Russian arms industry. ...

Audio/Video

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U.N. approves first-ever global arms trade treaty [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 02 2013]
Inside Story - The shift in global arms trade [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Feb 19 2013]