Sarah Abdallah
Rand Paul: “The Saudis will keep killing civilians and journalists as long as we keep arming and assisting them. The President should immediately halt arms sales and military support to Saudi Arabia.”
Rand Paul suggests cutting off military aid to Saudi Arabia until missing journalist is found
https://www.rt.com/usa/441003-rand-paul-saudi-arabia/
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has said he will introduce a bill that would cut off military aid to Saudi Arabia until the missing Saudi-born dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is found safe and well.
Speaking to Fox News, Paul said the incident was “just one more reason” why the United States should be wary of selling arms to Saudi Arabia. "If they have the ability and also the audacity to go into another country and kill a journalist, these aren't the kind of people maybe that we want to be selling arms to,” he said.
The Kentucky senator said that while there “may not be proof” yet that the Saudis had killed Khashoggi, there is still “enough to indicate that they were involved” in his disappearance.
Paul also brought up the Saudi military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, saying that Riyadh has been “bombing civilians” in the neighboring country “for over a year now” and that Khashoggi’s disappearance just adds to the anger directed at Saudi Arabia.
https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1050003139909308418
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