tirsdag 10. juni 2008

MORE ARMS PRODUCTIONS AND SALES!! MORE REFUGEES/ IDPs!!!

USA is topping the list of global military exports to other countries again! About 45% of the income is going to USA. Out of this total income of 1,339 trillion USD by this arms export, USA earned about 547 billion USD and Britain, China, France, Japan earned about 20% of income .

Among 100 companies (except China) sales are as follows: USA(41 companies/63% armssales))Russia(8companies/2% armssales), Europe(34companies/29%),Israel, India, and South Korea(total 6% ).

Middle East, South Asia, Africa, East Asia increased their military spending by 50% from 1998 to 2007. Western Europe and Central America cut down their military spendings during this period!

During the 2003-2007 period: USA export share was 31% and Russian share was 25%.
China and India imported most arms, and UAE,Greece,South Korea are next in imports.

India's defence budget in 2007 was 21.7 billion USD.This was 7.8% increase from 2006.
China is spending 59 billion USD to defence budget in 2008, which is 17.6% increase than previous year to improve their navy and submarines!

World's most peace-loving and so called peace-making nation:NORWAY exported weapons to other countries (such as Czekia ) and earned profit about 425 million USD.That was 18% increase from 2006 to 2007. It is about 3.5% of the world armssales. This export went through other countries(such as Czekia) to Sri Lanka, Nepal, phillipines,KSA and Colombia.

As long as lucrative weapon productions/sales/exports/imports are going on, and armsdelers, agents, ministers, presidents,bureaucrats,diplomats,leaders are getting their share with good commissions, it is not easy to stop war in poor countries! That will continue for various reasons than the real reasons! Who is going to stop this? So called democratic process can change the tragic situations in many parts of this world! But will the power-hungry,corrupt, false, selfish arrogant,ignorant, unkind leaders allow the true elections happen without any manipulations or vote-riging or intimidations or other anti-democratic activities!

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