I wrote: The United States accounts for more than half the total value of arms transfer agreements with the Near East during the 1993-2000 period, somewhere around US$55.
That should be: US$55 billion (this is a guesstimate indicating the order of magnitude, not a precise figure, but somewhere around 50 billion dollars anyway). I wrote: 7.2 preschool kids could attend headstart programmes, That should be: That should be: 7.2 million preschool kids. Actually those figures are different now. We are getting much closer to that magic US$72 billion cost figure to the Untyed States for the war. I believe this figure is understated anyhow, because it covers only military costs and not a number of associated government costs. I haven't even talked about British costs and the costs of other governments involved in the war. About that I will try to write some other time. Jurriaan
