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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Persian Gulf states 'unable to protect themselves'

Persian Gulf states 'unable to protect themselves'
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 17, 2013 - Despite massive spending on Western weapons, the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf are "unable to secure themselves from any external threat" - meaning Iran - and are running up huge public and foreign debt, a Gulf think tank says. Omar al-Shehabi, director of the Gulf Center for Development Policies in Kuwait, said that even though the defense expenditure of the six Gulf Cooperatio ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Persian_Gulf_states_unable_to_protect_themselves_999.html
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