Australia selling arms to Muslims.

[Bobby]

https://theconversation.com/australia-i ... nds-159817



Australia is building a billion-dollar arms export industry.
This is how weapons can fall in the wrong hands.

May 27, 2021 6.09am AEST


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Since 2018, Australia has been seeking to become a top ten global defence exporter.

Its main exports are products and components that fit into broader global supply chains for weapons and weapons systems. For example, the government boasts there isn’t a single F-35 fighter jet production operation that doesn’t feature Australian-made components.

The government sees further export potential for products and components to be used in armoured vehicles, advanced radar systems, and patrol boats, as well.

While Australia hasn’t made much headway on its export ranking, it has enjoyed some impressive sales success. In the 2017-18 financial year, the estimated value of approved export permits was A$1.5 billion.
By 2019-20, it had grown to nearly $5.5 billion.

Where do Australian arms go?

Australia doesn’t provide data on which countries it exports arms to. It only maps the regions, and unhelpfully, it lumps the Middle East and Asia together.

We do know successive defence ministers have courted markets in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Heavily redacted documents obtained by the Guardian under a Freedom of Information request also indicate that in 2018-19,
Australia issued 45 arms export permits
to the UAE and 23 to Saudi Arabia.

[Texan]

I'm more alarmed at the secrecy. As long as the government can be held accountable to the public, that kind of thing will be worked out. It's when the deals go on behind closed doors that you have to worry about conflicts of interest and corruption.

[Bobby]

I'm more alarmed at the secrecy. As long as the government can be held accountable to the public, that kind of thing will be worked out. It's when the deals go on behind closed doors that you have to worry about conflicts of interest and corruption.

Yes -
what idiots - selling arms to Muslims -
adding fuel to the fires of Mid East wars.

[Bobby]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... war-crimes


'Blanket secrecy' surrounds Australian weapons sales to countries accused of war crimes


Exclusive: Defence department refuses to reveal extent of exports as arms sold to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Democratic Republic of Congo
Soldiers stand guard with a military coalition in Yemen that backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Soldiers in Yemen as part of a military coalition backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Between June of 2018 and July 2019, Australia issued 45 weapons export permits to the United Arab Emirates and 23 to Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images
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Australian companies are selling weapons and military technology to countries around the world accused of war crimes, but the Australian government has refused to say what weapons are being sent overseas and to whom.

Nearly 100 permits were issued to export weapons and military technology to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of Congo over the 2018-2019 financial year. But the Australian defence department has refused to reveal how many weapons have been sold, for how much, or for what purpose.

The extent of and extreme secrecy surrounding Australia’s foreign weapons sales are revealed by documents obtained by the Guardian under freedom of information laws.

[Aussie]

I'm more alarmed at the secrecy. As long as the government can be held accountable to the public, that kind of thing will be worked out. It's when the deals go on behind closed doors that you have to worry about conflicts of interest and corruption.

Yes -
what idiots - selling arms to Muslims -
adding fuel to the fires of Mid East wars.

Fancy that ey????? And how many Billions in Arms did Humpty Trumpty flog off to Muslims? How many Billions has the West GIVEN to the State of Israel???????

[Bobby]

I'm more alarmed at the secrecy. As long as the government can be held accountable to the public, that kind of thing will be worked out. It's when the deals go on behind closed doors that you have to worry about conflicts of interest and corruption.

Yes -
what idiots - selling arms to Muslims -
adding fuel to the fires of Mid East wars.

Fancy that ey????? And how many Billions in Arms did Humpty Trumpty flog off to Muslims? How many Billions has the West GIVEN to the State of Israel???????

The Military-Industrial Complex is still alive and well.

I dunno about its victims.