Gates: U.S. Not In Mideast To Provoke Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are touring Middle East now for talks on a proposed U.S. arms package for Arab states worth more than $20 billion.
However opposition to the deal in the U.S. Congress is growing as a Republican House member joined leading Democrats to block the deal in proposed legislation.
The politicians are concern about selling the arms to Saudi Arabia which they consider a sponsor of terrorism.
Their concern was also echoed by former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Dore Gold who said he had information that parts of the Saudi military is working terrorists.
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