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Lawmakers Threaten Opposition To Sale of JDAMs To Saudi Arabia

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Friday, October 12th, 2007

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Members of Congress are threatening to oppose the proposed sale of precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia unless the Bush administration can guarantee that those weapons will not be turned on the United States or Israel in the future. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Rep. Christopher Carney (D-Pa.) are circulating a letter on the Hill expressing their concern about the possible sale of Joint Directed Attack Munitions (JDAM) made by Boeing [BA] to the Middle Eastern country. "JDAM technology transforms unguided…

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