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Foreign threats Prime Minister Putin says it is necessary to spend billions on re-arming the military due to the need to fend off foreign threats.
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Then there's of course the air force, the air defense system, the army - actually, everything needs re-arming because right now they say that only 10-15 percent of our weaponry is modern, Felgenhauer noted.
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Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel would only support the proposal if it also included measures to prevent Hamas from re-arming.
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He stresses that $300 million is a conservative estimate, given the heavy cost of re-arming Hezbollah after the 2006 war against Israel.
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Nevertheless, Security Council Resolution 1701 provided for an international force to prevent Hezbollah from re-arming and redeploying south of the Litani River, as close as four kilometers from Israel's border.
The Lessons of the Second Lebanon War Michael Oren 2011
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All have received strong financial, re-arming, and political support from the U.S., not least because they were waged in the name of counter-terrorism.
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Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel would only support the proposal if it also included measures to prevent Hamas from re-arming.
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In the last 2 months, it is reported that over 100,000 Ivorian refugees have fled into ever-fragile Liberia while, as reported by the New York Times, Liberian mercenaries have been re-arming in Cote d'Ivoire.
Nate Richardson: Don't Let Karnplay Go Into Play... Nate Richardson 2011
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All have received strong financial, re-arming, and political support from the U.S., not least because they were waged in the name of counter-terrorism.
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He also promised to raise salaries and pensions and spend more on re-arming the military and building roads.
Putin to Return to Presidency Richard Boudreaux 2011
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