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March 30, 2017

State Department Seeks F-16s for Bahrain Despite Rights Violations
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The State Department told Congress Wednesday that human rights concerns
should not hold up a proposed $5 billion sale of F-16 warplanes to the
kingdom of Bahrain, despite a record of torture and killings by the
security forces. The move by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reverses
an Obama administration policy tying weapons sales to improvements in
Bahrain's human rights record. Bahrain is a close U.S. ally in the Gulf,
home to the Navy's Fifth Fleet.


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