May have traded weapons with Syria and Myanmar.

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Under the Radar

The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington’s envoy to Israel says.

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US strike plan on Iran ‘ready’

Kodak — the company known for decades for its cameras and film — this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

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Kodak lab had weapons-grade uranium

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said Israel was withholding authorized weapons, and he expressed worries about a widespread prison hunger strike.

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Mahmoud Abbas Says Israel Is Hindering West Bank Security

The US partially resumes sales of weapons to Bahrain, but says it is excluding equipment that can be used to suppress protests.

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US resumes arms sales to Bahrain

The Obama administration is crafting a proposal that could make it easier to export firearms and other weapons to certain countries in an effort to boost sales for U.S. companies, increase trade and improve national security, according to senior government officials. Read full article > >

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Obama plan would ease weapons export rules

The head of the Israeli military says he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons, partly because international pressure is bearing fruit.

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Iran ‘not building nuclear bomb’

Weapons collector killed, several others wounded.

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Grenade Explodes in Paris Office

If cost overruns were eliminated along with the modernization of already flawed — and expensive — weapons, perhaps the Pentagon would not be facing the potential sequester of funds. Of course, that’s very easy to say but very hard to do. Two recent reports make that clear. Read full article > >

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Cutting costs could do a lot for Defense

Violence continues in Syria despite a UN-backed deadline for a complete withdrawal of troops and weapons coming into effect.

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Clashes blight Syria peace hopes

TWENTY DAYS have passed since the U.N. Security Council endorsed the Syria peace plan of former secretary-general Kofi Annan. It’s been eight days since Mr. Annan said the regime of Bashar al-Assad had agreed on a deadline of April 10 — Tuesday — to withdraw heavy weapons from cities , and five since the Security Council ratified that date. So the entirely predictable outcome of the initiative ought now to be recognized: Mr. Annan and his backers have merely provided cover for Mr. Assad to go on slaughtering his own people. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The U.N.’s failed plan for Syrian peace

Tuareg rebels in Mali attack the strategic northern garrison town of Gao with heavy weapons, hours after another town, Kidal, fell to their control.

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Rebel assault on key Mali town

Police in France have arrested 19 suspected Islamist militants and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids, President Nicolas Sarkozy says.

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VIDEO: France arrests 19 in dawn raids

Sweden’s Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors resigns after facing criticism for a secret plan to help Saudi Arabia build weapons.

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Swedish MP quits over Saudi deal

With weapons for the crackdown.

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Officials: Iran Helping Syria