LETTER: SA arming Middle East
In Yemen I encountered a Denel team on an arms trade mission
12 September 2018 - 05:02
In his column, Recession turns up heat on Ramaphosa (September 7), Anthony Butler references Rheinmetall Denel Munition’s alleged supply of weapons to the Saudi-led aggression in Yemen and possible war crimes. This is hardly a surprise. When I was working in Sanaa some years ago, I encountered a Denel team on an arms trade mission. SA has a long history of trying to sell arms into the volatile Middle East that dates back to the apartheid-era links to Israel and the development of nuclear weapons. Seamus Cleary Via e-mail
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