Khashoggi case heightens resistance to weapons sales
Major U. S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administration that lawmakers angered by the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey will block further arms deals with Saudi Arabia, a senior U. S. official told Reuters on Friday.
Turkish reports that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a vocal critic of Riyadh, was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul have hardened resistance in the U. S. Congress to selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, already a sore point for many lawmakers concerned about the Saudi role in Yemen’s civil war.
U. S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was wary of halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the case as the key U. S. ally would just shift its weapons purchases to Russia and China.
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