Kelly said Bush should learn from Israel's experience of "occupying the Palestinians" rather than buying its ammunition.

CAIRO, September 25, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – The United States is buying Israeli ammunitions to make up for shortage due to Iraq and Afghanistan wars, with an estimated 250,000 bullets for every fighter killed, a leading British daily reported on Sunday, September 25.

"A government report says that US forces are now using 1.8 billion rounds of small-arms ammunition a year. The total has more than doubled in five years, largely as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as changes in military doctrine," said The Independent.

The General Accounting Office (GAO) said that the three government-owned, contractor-operated plants that produce small- and medium-caliber ammunition as well as commercial producers within the national technology and industrial base can not meet the increasing US army demands.

"As a result, the Department of Defense had to rely at least in part on foreign commercial producers to meet its small-caliber ammunition needs," it said.

This includes the Israel Military Industries, an Israeli ammunition manufacturer linked to the Israeli government, which produces the bulk of weapons and ordnance for the Israeli army.

Kathy Kelly, a spokeswoman for the peace group Voices in the Wilderness, said US President George Bush should learn from Israel's experience of "occupying the Palestinians" rather than buying its ammunition.

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