VOL. XLIV

No 47

19-November-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Correction To MENA Military Spending And Budgets

Analysts at the InternationalInstitute for Strategic Studies (IISS) have informed MEES that they haveobtained more accurate figures for Saudi Arabias defense spending and defensebudget for 1999-2001 following the publication of The Military Balance2001-2002 (MEES, 12 November). As a result, the figures published inthe MEES report on the subject last week, have been amended accordingly(see italicized...