Congress: biggest buyer of U.S. weapons between 2004 -2008, Saudi Arabia

The report pointed out that Saudi Arabia was ranked first in the list of countries which have bought arms and military equipment from the United States, by concluding arms deals with Washington worth $ 11.2 billion, followed by the UAE (ten billion dollars), while Australia finished third (6.4 billion dollars), followed by Egypt ($ 5.2 billion), then Pakistan ($ 4.5 billion), Iraq ($ 3.5 billion), South Korea (3.1 billion dollars), Japan (three billion dollars), "Israel" ($ 2.7 billion) and Morocco (2.5 billion U.S. dollars).

The report revealed that during the previous period (2001 - 2004) Egypt was the largest buyer of U.S. weapons having signed arms deals worth $ 5.2 billion, followed by Saudi Arabia ($ 4.1 billion), Poland (four billion dollars), "Israel" ($ 3.2 billion) and South Korea (2.9 billion dollars).

Prepared by Richard Grimmett-an expert in arms trade research service, the report was based on data compiled by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the Pentagon, which sponsors such deals.

According to the report, in 2008 alone the UAE was the largest buyer from the United States, through deals worth $ 8.9 billion, while Saudi Arabia ranked second (7.8 billion dollars), followed by Morocco (2.4 billion dollars), Iraq (U.S. $ billion) and Egypt (1.3 billion dollars), while the value of arms deals between Washington and Tel Aviv for the same period reached one billion dollars.