Arms Sale Debate Erupts As Fallujah Falls -- Defense News
WASHINGTON — Weapon sales to Iraq have become entangled in sharply escalated political debate after al-Qaida affiliated forces regained partial control of the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi.
Aides to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., criticized the Obama administration last week, saying it had failed to engage Congress constructively on policy decisions, delaying the sale of certain weapon systems to Iraq.
Yet concern also exists that the Iraqi government could use some weapons against civilian opposition.
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