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Photo Essay: Where the World Shops for Guns
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Posted April 2008
Need a Glock or an Uzi? Sample the wares at a Middle Eastern arms bazaar.

On March 31st, 10,000 visitors checked out the latest in military hardware at the biannual Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) in Amman, Jordan. SOFEX is the largest event of its kind in the Middle East. 300 exhibitors from 60 countries packed the convention hall at the King Abdullah I Airbase.

Photo: Salah Malkawi/Getty Images


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