America prepares huge arms sale


	America prepares huge arms sale

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8-7-2007 10:16 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a50d1920-1bfe-48d2-bcbb-135d5ba536a9/41313057-8C27-48F2-A84D-13CDC99B6B5D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983" href="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thefirstpost.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983"><P class="ver12"><SPAN class="dropcap">I</SPAN>n a surprising twist to the saga of the US standoff with Iran, Washington is reported to be preparing a huge sale of arms and defence supplies to Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies in the Gulf. The deal, amounting to some $20bn worth of planes, surveillance and communication systems, and patrol ships, has been prepared ahead of an imminent joint visit to the region by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983"><P class="ver12ind"> This is the old ploy of fighting by proxy, but in new clothes. The Bush administration hopes to stiffen the resolve of the Saudis to confront Iran as it becomes more active inside Iraq and threatens to destabilise the Gulf states by stirring up Shia minorities. This is quite apart from the issue of Tehran's nuclear ambitions. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983">The move to arm the Saudis, which Washington has tried to avoid till now, is an admission that the US has not much spare military capacity</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7983">$20bn-worth of planes and ships 
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