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MMC
12-29-2011, 10:08 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is poised to announce the sale of nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said.
The deal will send 84 new fighter jets and upgrades for 70 more, for a total of $29.4 billion, according to the officials Wednesday, who requested anonymity because the sale has not been made public.

About a year ago, the administration got the go-ahead from Congress for a 10-year, $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia that included F-15s, helicopters and a broad array of missiles, bombs and delivery systems, as well as radar warning systems and night-vision goggles.
The plan initially raised concerns from pro-Israeli lawmakers, but U.S. officials reassured Congress that Israel's military edge would not be undercut by the sale. Additionally, there is now broad agreement among Israel, the Gulf Arab states and the West that Iran poses a significant and unpredictable threat.

Saudi Arabia is already the most militarily advanced of the Arab Gulf states, one of the richest countries in the world, and central to American policy in the Middle East. It is also vital to U.S. energy security, with Saudi Arabia ranking as the third-largest source of U.S. oil imports.....snip~

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-us-sell-f-15s-saudi-arabia-233938789.html <<<<< More Here!

What the Hell are we doing giving these guys all this Military Tech? How about we give them some Charmin. Quilted Northern. Some Q-TIPS, Shampoo and Lysol. Bounty the quicker picker upper. Some Sun Glasses-Foster Grants. Maybe some Solarcaine Lotion. :angry:

Conley
12-29-2011, 10:38 AM
Wow, Obama is becoming one of the worlds biggest arms dealers. Sure, it doesn't undercut Israeli security because we'll just sell them (or give them rather) double the number of F-15s. :rolls eyes:

MMC
12-29-2011, 10:45 AM
I think that 60 Billion for just one Country puts him at the top of the Charts. :angry:

roadmaster
12-29-2011, 02:57 PM
Lets hope we don't end up fighting our own technology.

waltky
03-26-2018, 10:42 PM
Granny says, "Dat's right - dem Saudis gonna kick Houthi butt now...
:shocked:
Saudis intercept seven ballistic missiles fired at cities by Houthis in Yemen
March 26, 2018 -- Saudi Arabia announced that it intercepted seven ballistic missiles fired at Riyadh, its capital, and other major cities, the largest barrage in its three-year war in Yemen.


The missiles were fired late Sunday, a day before the third anniversary of Saudi Arabia's involvement in the war against Iranian-supported Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthi-aligned Saba news agency reported that airports in Riyadh, Aseer and Najran were targeted. One person, an Egyptian national, was killed by fragments of the missile fired in the Riyadh attack.



https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi_com/7761522072283/2018/1/f349f18e7e44b40873e54d9729ad4753/Saudis-intercept-seven-ballistic-missiles-fired-at-cities-by-Houthis-in-Yemen.jpg
Houthi rebel commander Abdel-Malik al-Houthi appears on a television screen after a December 19, 2017, missile attack on Saudi Arabia. Seven ballistic missiles were fired at Saudi civilian targets on Sunday. Although one person was killed, all the missiles were intercepted, Saudi officials said.


The escalation in the conflict, which on Sunday clearly targeted civilian populations in Saudi Arabia, could reinforce Riyadh's demands to curtail the influence of Iran in the region. The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan condemned the missile attacks on Monday, pledging to stand in solidarity with the Saudis. Each is a member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen.


"This aggressive and hostile action by the Iran-backed Al Houthi group proves that the Iranian regime continues to support the armed group with military capabilities," coalition spokesman Turki Al Malki said. "The firing of multiple ballistic missiles towards cities is a serious development."


https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/03/26/Saudis-intercept-seven-ballistic-missiles-fired-at-cities-by-Houthis-in-Yemen/7761522072283/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=10


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With First Death in Riyadh, Saudi-led War in Yemen Hits Home
March 26, 2018 — Khattab Jalal, 27, was asleep on Sunday night in the home in eastern Riyadh that he shared with 15 other Egyptian construction workers when the sound of explosions jolted him awake. An enormous hole had opened in the peeling green-painted ceiling of their home, which was filled with smoke and debris.


He and the others ran outside, but realized that one of their housemates was not with them. Thirty-eight-year-old Abdul Muntaleb Ali, sleeping on a thin blue mattress on the floor beside three others, had been killed when debris from a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi militia group crashed through their roof shortly before midnight on Sunday. With that, he became the first person to die in the Saudi capital as a result of a Saudi-led coalition's three-year military campaign against the Houthis and their allies — a war that has already claimed at least 10,000 lives in Yemen and left around 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid.


Three of Ali's roommates, one of whom was his brother, were wounded in the attack, Jalal told Reuters the following morning. "For three years he didn't leave [Saudi Arabia]. He hasn't seen his kids," Jalal said. "You're with your friend and you're having dinner together — and a few hours later, you wake up and find him dead." Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over northeastern Riyadh late on Sunday, as well as four others fired simultaneously at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement. The attacks, which coincided with the third anniversary of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, marked a sharp escalation in the conflict and stripped away the sense of calm in a city that, until recent months, had never quite felt at war.


A new kind of fear


Haila Zayed, a 27-year-old Saudi, clutched her infant son in a panic when she heard the explosions overhead. She could feel the car shaking as her husband drove. "I always enjoyed the safety and security in my country. For the first time I felt the kind of fear that people have at war," she said. "May God protect our country and keep it safe." For its part, the Saudi-led coalition has carried out thousands of air strikes in Yemen since launching operations after the Houthis, allied with Iran, seized the capital Sanaa and forced President Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi to flee. Discussion of Sunday's missile attack flooded Twitter on Monday, with pleas to keep Saudi Arabia secure and condolences for Ali topping the list of trending hashtags in the kingdom. Many prominent Saudis, including newspaper columnists, clerics and members of the advisory Shura Council, urged people not to share videos and photos of the attacks, saying they would feed into Houthi propaganda.



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A photo distributed by the Houthi Military Media Unit shows the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Saudi Arabia



In malls, cafes and supermarkets around Riyadh, Saudis digested the escalation in their own ways. For Abdulrahman al-Sari, who lives in Riyadh but hails from the frequently targeted southern province of Najran, the situation was too familiar to faze him. "For me it was normal," he said with a shrug. "We're used to it." Others emerged from the experience chastened and defiant. "I want to pick up a gun, put on a uniform and go join the brave Saudi soldiers stationed on the border," said Fahad Matar al-Shelahy, a student at a technical college in Riyadh. "If they give orders for people to join the soldiers, I will be the first. We all wish to be martyrs defending our country."


https://www.voanews.com/a/first-death-riyadh-saudi-led-war-yemen-hits-home/4317014.html