WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Tuesday approved the sale of advanced battle tanks worth $2.2 billion to Bahrain, a Gulf Arab ally once under an arms embargo over a crackdown on Shiite dissent.
The US State Department said it had notified Congress it was ready to sell 50 M1A2 Abrams tanks, generally used for ground warfare, to the small island nation, which has tense relations with nearby Iran.
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