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Blair even secretly dropped in on Saudi Arabia on 2nd July, en route to backing London's Olympics bid in Singapore, to show his support for the proposed sale of a fleet of BAE System's Typhoon fighter jets, reported to be worth at least £10bn. Reports have emerged that the deal is opposed by the Foreign Office, as well as by the Serious Fraud Office, which is currently investigating allegations (denied by BAE) that bribes were paid by BAE to members of the Saudi Royal Family as part of a previous massive UK-Saudi arms deal. The deal marks the government's willingness to arm one of the world’s most repressive and politically unstable regimes for the benefit of private arms company profits. Reports have also suggested that the Saudi government tried to demand shifts in UK government policy as a condition of the deal - including the deportation of dissident Saudi refugees in the UK, and the dropping of the SFO investigation. The Saudi government have denied the reports. The deal has yet to be finalised, so there is still time to act. Please contact your MP immediately - either by email, which can be found via www.locata.co.uk/commons, or at the House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA.
More information on the deal can be found here. December 2005 | ||
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