{"id":18669,"date":"2013-10-16T08:58:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T14:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18669"},"modified":"2013-10-16T08:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T14:58:42","slug":"rights-trampling-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-uae-seek-10-8-billion-in-u-s-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18669","title":{"rendered":"Rights Trampling Regimes in Saudi Arabia, UAE seek $10.8 billion in U.S. Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saudi Arabia, UAE seek $10.8 billion in U.S. weapons<\/strong><br \/>\n16 October, 2013 &#8211; USA Today<\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say they are seeking $10.8 billion in advanced U.S.-made missiles and other weapons as part of bids by Western-allied Gulf states to stay ahead of claimed military strides by rival Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Gulf nations regularly spend billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment and upgrades amid lingering regional tensions with Iran, which often conducts major military exercises and claims to have made advances in drone technology and other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Notifications posted late Tuesday on a Pentagon website say Saudi Arabia is seeking to purchase $6.8 billion in missiles, bombs, launch systems and other ordnance. The UAE is seeking approval for a similar ordered estimated at $4 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2013\/10\/16\/saudi-uae-us-weapons\/2992515\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D18669&amp;text=Rights+Trampling+Regimes+in+Saudi+Arabia%2C+UAE+seek+%2410.8+billion+in+U.S.+Weapons&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia, UAE seek $10.8 billion in U.S. weapons 16 October, 2013 &#8211; USA Today DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say they are seeking $10.8 billion in advanced U.S.-made missiles and other weapons as part of bids by Western-allied Gulf states to stay ahead of claimed military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18669#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3626],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18670,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669\/revisions\/18670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}