The US is the world number one seller of weapons, aka merchant of death.
Saudi Arabia, whose members of their society are the sponsor of terrorism including 9/11, is the one of the biggest customer of US weapons. The Congress now is opposing the sales of 6 billion dollar worth of the US weapons by the Trump Administration, bypassing the Congress. The Administration claims it is an emergency.
The bipartisan group of senators and representatives cosponsored bills that prevent such sales. The contract includes the transfer of technology. Raytheon has the contract manufacturing parts of the weapons in Saudi.
The human rights organization, and so as the citizens of the nation, accuse human rights abuse and war crimes in Yemen. The nation is accused of the murder of the Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khashoggi. They claim MBS personally ordered the death of the reporter.
Saudi Arabia, whose members of their society are the sponsor of terrorism including 9/11, is the one of the biggest customer of US weapons. The Congress now is opposing the sales of 6 billion dollar worth of the US weapons by the Trump Administration, bypassing the Congress. The Administration claims it is an emergency.
The bipartisan group of senators and representatives cosponsored bills that prevent such sales. The contract includes the transfer of technology. Raytheon has the contract manufacturing parts of the weapons in Saudi.
The human rights organization, and so as the citizens of the nation, accuse human rights abuse and war crimes in Yemen. The nation is accused of the murder of the Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khashoggi. They claim MBS personally ordered the death of the reporter.
The State Department is avoiding Congressional approval for arms sales by using a provision that it says allows for emergency sales.— NPR (@NPR) May 24, 2019
Sen. Bob Menendez called it a “legally dubious move.” He and other members of Congress have sought to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE