US delays Bahrain arms sale pending rights probe
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The Obama administration has told US lawmakers it is delaying a planned $53 million arms sale to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally, pending the outcome of a local investigation into alleged human-rights abuses since an uprising in February.
The handling of the issue is sensitive because of US security interests in Bahrain, host of US naval headquarters in the Gulf for more than 60 years and a pivot for US efforts to deter Iran. (Reuters)
