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US officials: Qatar to buy Patriot missiles in $11 bln deal

15 Jul 2014 08:47

Islam Times - Qatar plans to buy US Patriot missile batteries and Apache attack helicopters in an arms deal worth about $11 billion, senior Pentagon officials said Monday.

Qatar's minister of state for defense, Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah, confirmed the arms sale in a signing ceremony in Washington after talks with his American counterpart, Chuck Hagel, officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

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