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GRAPHIC TRUTH: WHO ARMS THE SAUDIS?

GRAPHIC TRUTH: WHO ARMS THE SAUDIS?
By Adam Pourahmadi,
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Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman is the lead designer at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
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October 16, 2018

The arms trade is a staple of the US-Saudi relationship. Between 2000 and 2017, 8 percent of all US arms sales went to the kingdom, making it the number two destination for American made weaponry. But the dependency doesn’t just run one way. Above is a look at who Saudi Arabia turns to when importing its arms.

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