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Iraq
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As a result of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was obliged to extend
its search for arms in 1981. By the time the war entered its
eighth year in September 1987, Iraq had become the world's
biggest single arms market. In addition to its purchases from the
Soviet Union and France, Iraq sought to buy armaments from China,
the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), Italy, Brazil,
Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Egypt, among others. The United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency estimated in 1987 that
Iraq had imported about US$24 billion worth of military equipment
during the period from 1981 to 1985.
Data as of May 1988
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