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Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of #British-made missiles a& bombs have been sold to #Saudi_Arabia for use in #Yemen under an opaque licensing system that makes tracking arms sales more difficul
theguardian.com/world/2018/jun…
.2/ #Britain has been selling Storm Shadow and Brimstone air-to-surface missiles and Paveway IV bombs to the #Saudis under what are known as Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs), which the government says are for the export of “less sensitive goods”.
.3/ Since 2013, around 100 #British-made Storm Shadow missiles worth £80m, 2,400 Paveway IV bombs worth £150m, and 1,000 Brimstone missiles worth £100m have been sold to #SaudiArabia.
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This is disgraceful and unconscionable. Shame on @MIT and all US universities who enable the absolute monarchy of #Saudi Arabia. Ruinuous war in #Yemen, murder of a journalist, torture of women’s rights activists, jails full of dissidents not bad enough? h/t @david_batty
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