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US to sell UAE 1,000s of bunker busters
[Iran Press TV] The United States reportedly plans to provide thousands of advanced ''bunker-busting'' bombs to the United Arab Emirates. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday these bombs were designed to demolish bunkers, tunnels and other thickly reinforced targets. The proposed package to the UAE is to be formally presented to Congress ''in the coming days," according to the newspaper. The package includes up to 4,900 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and other weapons, the paper said. The new report comes as Washington is increasing efforts to arm Middle East states and start a weapons race in the strategically important part of the world. The administration of US President Barack I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough moneyObama has shored up Persian Gulf littoral states-- Soddy Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, UAE and Kuwait -- with major arms deals in recent years. The arms deals include a record multi-billion plan to sell Soddy Arabia advanced F-15 aircraft, some 2,000-lb JDAMs and other powerful munitions. The US government also approved the sale of a multi-billion terminal missile program to UAE. Analysts believe supporting the despotic regimes and selling arms to them are against Washington's claims of backing democracy in the region. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-13 |
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