UAE, S.Arabia among top 10 recipients of German arms: report  http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30700728&SRCH=1  The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were among the 10 leading recipients of German weapons in 2010, according to a report released by the German government on Wednesday.The tiny Persian Gulf sheikdom was ranked fifth in terms of total German arms exports last year which stood at 4.7 billion euros. Germany sold around 262.7 million euros worth of military hardware to the UAE, among them radar systems, tank spare parts, trucks and minesweeping equipment. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, was listed 10th in the overall export of German weaponry with 152.5 million euros. German military gadgetry to the Arabian country included electronic equipment, speedboat spare parts, submachine guns. Peace groups have slammed German arms exports to the volatile Middle East region since the German constitution bans the sale of weapons to a crisis area. The government report did not reveal the volume of actual weapon sales to the Zionist regime. A major arms supplier of the illegal Jewish state, Berlin talks rarely in public about military deals as most of them are shrouded in secrecy in a bid not to antagonize Muslim and Arab states. 

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