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'Emergency Was a Sham': Top Democrat Says IG Report on Saudi Arms Deal 'Deeply Damning' for Pompeo
A Yemeni boy rides a bike on rubble of houses destroyed in a recent airstrike carried out by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, on May 23, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
Amid Push to 'Sell More Weapons Overseas,' Report Indicates Trump Moving to Expand Drone Exports
Common Dreams staff
A man walks by U.S. drone graffiti painted on a wall during a campaign against drones in Yemen on May 31, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.
The expansion would come after a reinterpretation of an arms agreement between 35 nations.
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Ousted IG Says State Dept. Tried to Bully Him Into Dropping Saudi Arms Probe
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
An image of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow, is displayed behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2020.
Steve Linick, one of the victims of the president's watchdog purge, told...
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Citing Dual Threat of Covid-19 and Duterte, Coalition Calls on Congress to Block US Arms Sale to Philippines
Jon Queally & Andrea Germanos, staff writers
U.S. Apache attack helicopters are one of the main weapons headed to the Philippines if the sale is not stopped. (Photo: DoD/Public domain)
"The U.S. should not be selling advanced military systems to an abusive,...
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A Yemeni boy rides a bike on rubble of houses destroyed in a recent airstrike carried out by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, on May 23, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
Ousted Inspector General Was Also Probing Possible Illegal Pompeo-Trump Effort to Force Through Saudi Arms Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020.
'The Worst Kind of Fascists': Trump Visits Modi's India and Announces $3 Billion Arms Deal
Gun Control Advocates Slam Trump's "Reckless" Decision to Loosen Firearm Exports Regulations
Two F-16 Fighting Falcon launch flares during an annual drill at a Air Base in Taitung City, southeast Taiwan on January 30, 2018.
Trump Administration Advances Massive Arms Sale to Taiwan Amid Tensions With Beijing
'Blood of Jamal Khashoggi and Innocent People of Yemen' on His Hands as Trump Vetoes Effort to Block Massive Saudi Weapons Sale
If Trump Wants to 'Talk About Our Missiles,' Says Iranian Foreign Minister, US Must Stop Pouring Theirs Into Middle East
bombed factory in Yemen
'Rare Piece of Good News for the People of Yemen' as UK Court Finds Weapons Sales to Saudis Unlawful
Raytheon and United Technologies Announce Merger to Create 'Military-Industrial Behemoth'
bombed home in Yemen
Citing Slaughter in Yemen, Senators Launch New Effort to Block Trump From Selling More US-Made Weapons to Saudis
Yemeni mourners carry coffins of women and children who were killed in airstrikes carried out previously by the Saudi-led coalition's warplanes in the Hajjah province during a funeral ceremony on March 14, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
As Trump Avoids Congress to Send More Bombs to Saudis, Airstrike Kills Seven Yemeni Children
A Yemeni boy rides a bike on rubble of houses destroyed in a recent airstrike carried out by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, on May 23, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
Outrage After Trump, Advancing "Alarming Desire to Sow Chaos Abroad," Uses Loophole to Send US Bombs to Saudis
Yemen
Trump's Use of Emergency Loophole to Export US Bombs to Saudis, Critics Warn, Will Only Intensify World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

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