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5 days, 17 hours ago

Heavy fireworks without a permit will now be considered weapons by authorities

NL Times

Police and other authorities will be given more power to combat heavy and dangerous fireworks that are only meant to be used by professionals with a permit. Private individuals who have these types of heavy fireworks without a permit could be considered possession of a weapon. This is a different type of phenomenon than fireworks, and therefore, it needs a …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the State Department’s weapons pipeline to Israel

Raw Story

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. “We don’t have that in Jerusalem.” Last week, ProPublica detailed how the government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance — the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department’s refugees bureau — concluded in the spring that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza and that weapons sales …

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4 months, 1 week ago

U.S. approves $20 billion weapons package for Israel

Raw Story

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday approved more than $20 billion in new weapons sales to Israel, brushing aside pressure from rights activists to stop arms deliveries over the death toll in Gaza. On the tank cartridges, the United States said the sale “will improve Israel’s capability to meet current and future enemy threats, strengthen its homeland defense and …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Good times for the military-industrial complex: American arms makers cashing in on conflict

Salon

The New York Times headline said it all: “Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales.” The conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond may be causing immense and unconscionable human suffering, but they are also boosting the bottom lines of the world’s arms manufacturers. In his nationally televised address about the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars, President Biden described …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Why is the Biden White House still selling weapons to authoritarian nations?

Salon

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. President Joe Biden claims that the United States is leading "democracies" in a fight against "autocracies" to establish a peaceful international order, but his administration approved weapons sales to nearly three-fifths of the world's authoritarian countries in 2022. "Of the 84 countries codified as autocracies under the Regimes of the World system in …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Biden administration pauses weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

Al Jazeera

Secretary of state says review of Trump administration arms sales aims to ensure they advance US ‘strategic objectives’. The United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a new administration. The Wall Street Journal first reported …

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4 years, 1 month ago

U.S. approves Taiwan drone purchase as arms sales escalate

The Hindu

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of USD 600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island. The State Department said on Tuesday it had approved Taiwan’s purchase of four “weapons ready” remotely piloted aircraft and related equipment. The move is likely to infuriate China, …

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4 years, 2 months ago

US approves over $1 bn in three weapons systems to Taiwan risking China backlash

Firstpost

Last week, China’s foreign ministry had urged Washington to cancel the arms sales and warned that Beijing would ‘make a necessary response according to how the situation develops’ Washington: The Donald Trump administration has approved the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of advanced weaponry for Taiwan in a move that will enrage China and further exacerbate tensions …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Risk of top US officials being charged with war crimes grows over Saudi strikes in Yemen