Spotlight on Middle East arms sale unlikely to bring meaningful change

Issue 911 - 29 Oct 2011 | 3 minute read

Criticism surrounding the $53m US deal to sell armoured vehicles and military equipment to Bahrain has grabbed the headlines, but it is a drop in the ocean in terms of US arms exports.

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