U.S. boosting military aid in terrorism fight: study

Source: Reuters

U.S. boosting military aid in terrorism fight: study
Thu Sep 6, 2007 7:21PM EDT

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is sharply
increasing its use of military aid as a reward for countries
that cooperate with its war on terrorism, despite concerns
about human rights and political instability, researchers
said on Thursday.

The Center for Defense Information found large increases in
government and commercial U.S. arms sales in recent years
to 25 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa that have
become allies against Islamist militancy since the September
11 attacks.

The nonpartisan Washington-based think tank said half the
countries were identified by the State Department in 2006 as
having serious, grave or significant human rights problems.
Several have weathered serious political turmoil in recent
years and some, such as Pakistan, now appear to be
unstable.

The list also includes Yemen, Azerbaijan, Thailand, Indonesia,
Chad and Mauritania.

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The center also criticized the Bush administration for its
increasing use of new military assistance accounts, which
it said allow the Pentagon to bypass legal restrictions on
training or arming human rights abusers.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0634384520070906

When it comes to little george's rich defense contractor friends, he will do or say anything to help them make more money.

Hell, little george has started an illegal war in Iraq that has killed thousands of Americans and up to a million Iraqis while his contractor buddies just rake in the dough.