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Tuesday May 20, 2003 19:19
by Paul Cummins
irelands invovlement in arms trade
On Thursday 8th of May M.D.Higgins asked a dail question about dual-use exports ( exports that can be used for both civilian and military exports) Its was revealed that was up to €4.2bn liecenced that _may_ be used for military purposes and of that there no checks on what these products were used for after exportation. Also €3.4m worth of licence products specificaly for military use were granted last year
you can find the question and answer at the link.