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01 December 1996

French budget keeps programmes alive ... but implications cause concern in Germany. Jane's Defence Weekly 22.5.96. Two articles about cuts in French military spending and the unrest about the implications in political and defence industry circles in Germany. A European Intelligence Policy. Assembly of the Western European Union Document 1517 13.5.96.

The United States and security in Europe. Assembly of the Western European Union Document 1519 13.5.96.

Arms morality and exiles Zaya Yeebo. The African No. 3 (March) 1996 pp18-19. On the double standards of the British government which "sells lethal weapons to any third world dictator" but denounces the victims of its arms trade as bogus refugees .

The wake of war Maggie O'Kane. Guardian 18.5.96. On the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq which have led to half a million children dying for lack of medicines.

Arms and the state David Beetham. Red Pepper April 1996 pp18- 20. This article examines the Scott report and examines how the UK depends upon the exports of weapons for industrial survival.

The wake of war Maggie O'Kane. Guardian 18.5.96. pp35-42, Examination of the effects of the United Nations sanctions against Iraq that shows that it is not Saddam Hussain who is suffering but "the sick the weak and the poor."

Parliamentary debates

Reserve Forces Bill [Lords] Commons 20.3.96. cols 401-428 Armed Forces Bill Commons 9.5.96. cols 389-521 Reserve Forces Bill Commons 20.5.96. cols. 20-51