23.08.2013, 16:13
Hmm..was auch immer Saudi Arabien mit 1300 Cluster Bomben(!) will. Da sie ihre militärischen Kontingenzplanungen nicht selber führen sind das amerikanische Planspiele gegen den Iran. Interessant auch die sehr flexiblen Exportbestimmungen für international geächtete Waffen. Es handelt sich nicht einmal um Restbestände, sondern sie werden extra neu gebaut.
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Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:45PM GMT
The US Defense Department announced on Tuesday that Textron Defense Systems won a contract valued at $641 million to build the bombs for Saudi Arabia.The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) has denounced the United States for planning to supply 1,300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia.
“We are disappointed with the US decision to export cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia as both countries acknowledge the negative humanitarian impact of these weapons on civilians,” CMC Director Sarah Blakemore said on Thursday.
“Cluster munitions have been banned by more than half the world’s nations so any transfer goes against the international rejection of these weapons,” she added.
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