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![Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen at al-Safa Royal Palace in Mecca on May 31, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0307-mbs-saudi-arabia-400x300.jpg)
Ilhan Omar Criticizes Biden Visit to Saudi Arabia Over Oil as “Wildly Immoral”
As the U.S. mulls banning Russian oil imports, it is considering asking Saudi Arabia to ramp up production.
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Arms Industry Sees Ukraine Conflict as an Opportunity, Not a Crisis
As a self-selecting elite propounds NATO expansion, military buildup and imperialism, we must embrace peace.
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Biden’s Campaign Donors Don’t Want Him to End US Support for the Yemen War
The biggest winners in the Yemen war are weapons manufacturers who invest their deadly profits in political campaigns.
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Biden Claims He Wants to End the Yemen War. His Actions Suggest Otherwise.
The U.S.’s role in perpetuating the conflict in Yemen is making peace negotiations more difficult.
![A Yemeni man inspects a house that was destroyed in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, on February 5, 2021, in Sana'a, Yemen.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1214-yemen-airstrike-400x300.jpg)
Let’s Abandon False Dichotomy of “Offensive vs. Defensive” Support for Yemen War
The characterization is meaningless because Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Yemen is entirely offensive.
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Saudi Arabia Arms Sale Is One of Biden’s Many Militaristic Actions in First Year
When it comes to concrete action, President Joe Biden has accepted and continued along his predecessor's path.
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Senate Rejects Sanders’s Resolution to Block $650M Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
The White House issued a statement supporting the sale despite Biden’s promises to help end the war in Yemen.
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Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki Would Have Been 26 Today If Not for the US Drone War
The U.S. must be held accountable for killing Abdulrahman, and countless other civilians in the course of the drone war.
![Members of the Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex (RAM INC) and The FANG Collective blockade the entrance to a Raytheon facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, on August 12, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/raytheonprotest-400x300.png)
Antiwar Group Blocks Entry to Raytheon Facility to Protest Killing of Civilians
Activists in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, highlighted the role of the weapons maker in the killing of civilians globally.
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Biden Breaks Campaign Promise, Approves Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
Practically nothing seems to get in the way of war -- and specifically, the sale of U.S. war weapons abroad.