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Pentagon Says Riyadh Is Too Important To Whip, Rolls Out $15bn THAAD Arms Deal Instead

The US rarely has ‘unblemished’ partners so it will pour more defensive weapons into Saudi Arabia despite outrage over Khashoggi and Yemen, Pentagon chief James Mattis admitted as the nation handed the kingdom a big new deal. The most-recent major US-Saudi arms deal was rolled out on Wednesday. Riyadh is seeking to get THAAD air Read More…

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Dozens Injured As South Koreans Protesting US Military Escalation Clash With Police

Dozens of South Koreans were injured in clashes between protesters and police last Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to its missile defense system in the Korean town of Seongju, PBS reports. The clashes came as South Korean president Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Russia’s Far East, repeating calls for Read More…