The top beneficiary is Pakistan, a key ally in the Afghan war and the campaign against al-Qaida. Pakistan rocketed from receiving $9 million in military aid in the three years prior to Sept. 11 to receiving $4.2 billion in the three years after the terrorist attacks, going from 56th on the list of military aid to No. 3.

Israel and Egypt retained their positions on the list at first and second, respectively.

The Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the results of a yearlong investigation by 10 reporters around the world on how U.S. military and foreign aid has shifted since the terror attacks.

It found that, despite controversial human-rights records, countries like Pakistan, Indonesia and Djibouti received billions in additional military aid.

Jordan retained its fourth place on the list but nearly tripled the amount of military aid it received, from $980 million to $2.7 billion.

Afghanistan moved from 64th place to fifth, going from $8 million in aid to $2.7 billion.

Colombia dropped from third to sixth, but increased its military aid from $0.15 billion to $2 billion.

Peru dropped from seventh to eighth, but also nearly doubled its take, from $260 million to $400 million.

Bolivia went from sixth to ninth, collecting $300 million, up from $280 million.

Poland rose from 25th to 10th, increasing its military aid ten-fold, from $33 million to $300 million.

The Pentagon's vast budget means it was the department best able to shift resources to countries deemed key in the war on terrorism after the attacks. That increased its influence over the training and equipping of foreign military and security forces, a mission normally managed by the State Department, the investigation found.