Al-Yamamah arms deal
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title:
Al-Yamamah arms deal
text:
Al Yamamah is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 m) of crude oil per day to the British government. The prime contractor has been BAE Systems and its predecessor British Aerospace. The first sales occurred in September 1985 and the most recent contract for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighters was signed in August 2006. Mike Turner, then CEO of BAE Systems, said in August 2005 that BAE an
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Name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal
date created:
2004-04-01T12:32:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:01:53Z
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