Monday, October 05, 2015

Saudi Arabia is the biggest single purchaser of UK-manufactured arms

""Saudi Arabia is the biggest single purchaser of UK-manufactured arms. Its enormous multi-billion-pound Al-Yamamah contract is the largest single arms deal ever conducted by the UK with another country. The lucrative deal is swathed in secrecy and successive UK governments have taken unprecedented measures to block the release of information concerning it." "In addition to weapons, the UK has recently been marketing its experience in running prisons to the Saudis and other countries with poor human rights records.""