U.S. arms sales to OPEC at risk over oil: senators (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 2:52pm

A police officer stands guard on the rooftop of Vienna's OPEC headquarters before the start of a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 11, 2006.<br /><br />(Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)Reuters - Democrats in the U.S. Senate stepped up their attacks on OPEC oil producers on Thursday, threatening to block billions of dollars in arms sales to suppliers such as Saudi Arabia if they fail to take action to tame record oil prices.




 

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