Saudi Typhoon
Posted on 02/25/2016 10:08:20 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
David Cameron has boasted of his efforts to help sell “brilliant things†such as Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia on the day the European parliament voted for an arms embargo on the country over its bombardment of Yemen.
The prime minister talked of the UK government’s role in selling equipment made by defence company BAE Systems to Saudi Arabia, Oman and other countries as he visited the firm’s factory in Preston.
At almost the same time, the European parliament voted in favour of an EU-wide ban on arms being sold to Saudi Arabia in protest at its heavy aerial bombing of Yemen, which has been condemned by the UN. The vote does not force EU member states to comply but it increases pressure on national governments to re-examine their relationships with Riyadh.
The UK government has been providing training to Saudi forces on how to comply with international law as they identify targets for bombing. It has also been participating in efforts to sell the Eurofighter Typhoon military planes to Saudi Arabia, which has spent £3bn on UK aircraft, arms and other military kit in the last year alone.
There were signs last year that the Eurofighter deal might have been called off over a diplomatic cooling after Michael Gove, the justice secretary, dropped plans for a contract to provide training in Saudi prisons over human rights concerns. The deal now appears to be progressing again.
Asked by an employee how he was helping boost exports of the Eurofighter, Cameron said: “With the Typhoon there is an alliance of countries: the Italians, Germans and ourselves. We spend a lot of time trying to work out who is best placed to win these e
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Saudi Typhoon
Insane. Saudi Arabia is probably only second to North Korea in the absence of rights. Why does the world supply the nation that financially sponsors, one way or the other, 90% of Islamic terror? A nation that literally forbids Churches and synagogues.
Saudi and Turkey is about to start a war in Syria because ISIS is losing
Oil. Nothing else need be said.
The Saudis are bombing the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. We should all be applauding them for doing so.
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