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This caught my eye from the same article as I wasn't aware it actually had any buyers.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/export-restrictions-limit-predator-potential-408854/
Following requested purchases of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator/Reaper-series unmanned air vehicles by France and the Netherlands in recent weeks, the USA’s backing of an export licence for India but a rejection for Jordan have raised questions over how much potential the UAVs really have outside of NATO.
This caught my eye from the same article as I wasn't aware it actually had any buyers.
There may be additional demand in the US intelligence community’s classified budgets, however. Last April, a senior company official told Flightglobal that it is delivering one Avenger – a jet-powered, armed UAV with radar stealth characteristics – every nine months to a classified customer, and that there could be additional Reapers in the pipeline as well.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/export-restrictions-limit-predator-potential-408854/