Military

	ISRAEL	EGYPT	JORDAN	SYRIA
Total Armed Forces	175,000	450,000	104,000	320,000
FY 99/00 Military Expenditures	$8,700,000,000	$4,040,000,000	$608,900,000	$921,000,000
1999 Conventional Weapons Imports	$1,205,000,000	748,000,000	44,000,000	20,000,000

	IRAQ	IRAN	PAKISTAN	AFGHANISTAN
Total Armed Forces	NA	540,000	587,000	NA
FY 99/00 Military Expenditures	NA	$5,787,000,000	$2,435,000,000	$NA
1999 Conventional Weapons Imports		$67,000,000	$839,000,000	$NA

	LEBANON	SAUDI ARABIA	TURKEY	INDIA
Total Armed Forces	55,000	163,000	639,000	1,175,000
FY 99/00 Military Expenditures	$343,000,000	$18,300,000,000	$10,600,000,000	$13,020,000,000
1999 Conventional Weapons Imports		$1,231,000,000	1,134,000,000	566,000,000

      Sources: CIA World Factbook 

Top World Exporters of Conventional Weapons 1995-1999

Source: UNDP “Human Development Report 2000,”

U.S. Foreign Military Grants, Loans, Sales and Training (US$)   Sources: CIA World Factbook

UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS MILITARY GRANTS, LOANS, SALES, AND TRAINING FROM THE US (3) ($US) FMF: Foreign Military Financing "...U.S. government program for financing through grants or loans the acquisition of U.S. military articles, services, and training...." "...Congress appropriates FMF funds in the International Affairs Budget, the Department of State allocates the funds for eligible friends and allies; and the Department of Defense executes the program..." "Because FMF monies are used to purchase U.S. military equipment and training, FMF contributes to a strong U.S. defense industrial base...." Of the $39,635,561,000 FMF issued world wide from 1990 to 1999, payment was waived for $35,945,448,000 or 90.7%  IMET: International Military Education and Training "...component of U.S. security assistance that provides training on a grant basis to students from allied and friendly nations." "Funding is appropriated from the International Affairs budget of the Department of State."  MAP: Military Assistance Program "That portion of the United States security assistance program authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which provides defense articles and services to recipients on a nonreimbursable (grant) basis. Funding for MAP was consolidated under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) Program beginning in FY 1990." FMS: Foreign Military Sales "The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program is the government-to-government method for selling U.S. defense equipment, services, and training."