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Saudi Arabia bought $1.5bn worth of bombs from UK last summer
 [Iran Press TV] Britannia sold the Saudis over 1.5 billion dollars worth of arms last summer that saw Riyadh escalate its deadly military campaign against Yemen, say human rightsOne man's rights are another man's existential threat. groups. From July to September 2015, the British government authorized the sales under an export category which covers missiles, rockets and bombs via five separate licenses, The Guardian cited Saferworld and And the Soddis might be just the people to put these bombs to use... The sales were made just one day after British Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... claimed he was trying to "encourage a political process in Yemen," and that the crisis in the country would not be solved through military intervention, said a Saferworld spokesperson. "All of these are for air force end use, with the components for air-to-surface rockets for training purposes," the spokesperson noted. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-20 |
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