$8BN US Weapon Sales to Arab States/ Bahraini revolution

U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Meanwhile in Bahrain, it has been 8 years of continuous government crackdown. During these years, Bahrain witnessed protests spreading across the tiny Persian Gulf country as a wide pro-democracy movement led by the country’s majority Shia Muslims.

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