Fast and Furious Hits Syria

“Most of the weapons being sent from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Syrian rebel groups are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists as opposed to the secular opposition groups that the West wants to strengthen, American officials and Middle Eastern diplomats told David Sanger of the New York Times.

In 2011 the U.S. sold $33.4 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and $1.7 billion to Qatar as sales tripled to a record high and accounted for nearly 78 percent of all global arms sales.”

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