THE UK and US are fuelling relentless violence in the Middle East through arm sales – with Scotland providing killer precision missiles, a new report has found.
The study, published by Oxfam today (Weds), found that the two countries were the sole suppliers of weapons to Saudi Arabia in its campaign against rebel armies in Yemen, which the charity said resulted in 87 civilian deaths between January 2021 and the end of February 2022.
Scotland’s main contribution has been through the supply of the circuit boards for precision missiles manufactured in Glenrothes, Fife, the report’s author Martin Butcher, Oxfam’s policy advisor on arms and conflict, said.
