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Is Sweden complicit in Saudi war on Yemen?
2018-02-22
[PRESSTV] Last year, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström told a conference that the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
was one that "has far too long been neglected and forgotten by the global community" and what Yemeni people were going through was "difficult to imagine."

It is such statements that, besides leading various international peace efforts to help resolve major conflicts across the globe, including Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's deadly war on Yemen, have helped Sweden establish the image of a peace-loving country that cares for others.

However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
a steady rise in the Scandinavian country's weapons business over the past years, including its major dealings with repressive Arab regimes in the Persian Gulf region, has cast doubt on Stockholm's true intentions.

In fact the rise has been so fast that according to official data by the US government, Sweden is now the world's third largest weapons producer per capita, closely following Russia and Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
while overtaking La Belle France, Britannia and the US.

At the heart of Sweden's weapons industry is Saab, a company that sold over $2.7 billion worth of weapons in 2016 alone, making its way into the world's top 30 arms producing companies according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Over the recent years, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become some of the main customers for Swedish-made weapons.

Posted by:Fred

#1  I just noticed that when I see the phrase "the unfolding humanitarian crisis in $BLAHBLA", I immediately and reflexively stop caring.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-02-22 12:54  

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