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goldenequity
11-16-2018, 12:52 AM
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US Senate proposes new bill to prohibit arm sales to Saudi Arabia
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-us-senate-proposes-new-bill-to-prohibit-arm-sales-to-saudi-arabia/

A newly proposed bill in the US Senate would suspend the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia and block refueling of Saudi warplanes bombing Yemen, as punishment for the death of a Washington Post columnist.
A group of senators on the Foreign Relations Committee, led by Bob Menendez (R-New Jersey) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) introduced the “Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act of 2018.” It was sponsored by three Democrats and two Republicans.
Menendez, who is the top Democrat on the committee, said that sanctions against 17 Saudi nationals introduced earlier on Thursday by the Trump administration were “not enough” to ensure a credible investigation of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and pressure Riyadh into ending the war in Yemen.
“This legislation is an important way to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for various acts in Yemen as well as the death of Jamal Khashoggi,”said Graham.
“We are putting teeth behind these demands with regular oversight, sanctions and suspension of weapons sales and refueling support,”Menendez said.
https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/press/menendez-young-reed-graham-shaheen-collins-introduce-comprehensive-saudi-arabia-accountability-and-yemen-act
https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/menendez-young-reed-graham-shaheen-collins-introduce-comprehensive-saudi-arabia-accountability-and-yemen-act

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RonZeplin
11-16-2018, 03:48 PM
They're trolling for bribes.

timosman
11-16-2018, 04:19 PM
They're trolling for bribes.

Truth to be told dems were leaving a lot of money on the table. :D

enhanced_deficit
11-17-2018, 09:58 AM
Even if it would save few thousand civilians, childrens lives, the damage it could do to many well paying jobs in domestic weapons industries could be huge. Do we really want that just for moral grand standing about non-American civilians in some ****hole countries?

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