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The secretive world of international arms sales just became a little less secret thanks to a special report by Reuters. After an in-depth review of last year's leaked State Department cables, the wire service has uncovered several strange and unsettling dealings between military contractors and foreign governments, with U.S. diplomats obseqiously paving the way. There are a bunch of oddball deals in here, but want to know our two favorites? The deal to give Chad planes to kill pro-democracy demonstrators and the part where Lockheed Martin nearly sold Thailand F-16s in exchange for several boatloads of frozen chickens. Behold.

The Deal: Lockheed Martin wanted to sell C-130 military transport planes to Chad

The Problem: Chad couldn't afford the planes and lied about what it wanted to use them for (supressing a pro-democracy uprising)

The Role of U.S. Diplomats: The U.S. ambassador to Chad knew about Chad's lack of funds and even its intentions to use the planes for ill. Despite that, it promoted the deal: "Our conclusion is that, like it or not, our interests line up in favor of allowing the sale in some form to go forward."

The Other Deal: Lockheed Martin wanted to sell F-16 fighter jets to the Thai government