The emergency authorisation allows Raytheon Co., a top American defence firm, to team with the Saudis to build high-tech bomb parts in Saudi Arabia. The United States has closely guarded such technology for national security reasons. One attack, on a Sanaa funeral home in October 2016, led the Obama administration to suspend bomb sales to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. “Few nations should be trusted less than Saudi Arabia,” Paul said in a statement Thursday. “In recent years, they have fomented human atrocities, repeatedly lied to the United States and have proved to be a reckless regional pariah.

Source: bd News24 June 07, 2019 14:50 UTC