Is the U.S. Military Subverting Mideast Democratic Uprisings? http://mostlywater.org/us_military_subverting_mideast_democratic_uprisings 

Just how American bullets make their way...into weapons used by troops suppressing pro-democracy protesters, opens a wider window into the shadowy relationships between the Pentagon and a number of autocratic states in the Arab world. Look closely and outlines emerge of the ways in which the Pentagon and those oil-rich nations have pressured the White House to help subvert the popular democratic will sweeping across the greater Middle East.