Audit: Inadequate Monitoring of US Arms Sales to Gulf Nations
by Jason Ditz,
November 18, 2011
A new GAO audit has found that there are significant “gaps” in the monitoring of what happens to US weapons sold to the various nations in the Persian Gulf region, with the report expressing particular concern about the US weapons being used to crush pro-democracy protests in Bahrain.
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Reza
November 19th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Both in Bahrain and Yemen they use those very harshly on the people demonstrating against their bully governments.
and how the Syrians rebels take hand on weapons?
how some terrorist groups in region like PKK and Pejak and MeK have many heavy guns and firepower?
yes the weapon industry in US should go on,in any situation.even if they used against civilians and people.
at any cost!