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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards holds the hand of his wife Elizabeth during dinner in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday. (AP) Last update - 09:25 01/08/2007 U.S. presidential hopeful Edwards slams arms sale to Saudis By The Associated Press Presidential hopeful John Edwards said the Bush administration's plan to sell $20 billion worth of weapons to friendly Arab states amounted to a foreign policy of convenience and he will take a tougher stance with Saudi Arabia if elected president. The democratic senator from North Carolina said the United States should require the Saudi government to shut down the movement of terrorists across its borders, help stabilize the Iraqi government and participate more seriously in regional security before they are offered arms. "Whether it's Iraq or terrorism, the Saudis have fallen way short of what they need to be doing," the 2004 vice presidential nominee told The Associated Press in a telephone call. Advertisement "And the Bush administration's response is to sell them $20 billion worth of arms, which is short term and convenient and not what the United States should be doing," he added. Edwards is the first Democratic presidential candidate to speak out against the deal. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as apart of a two-day visit with Arab allies that opened talks on the proposed U.S. arms package. Edwards said the arms deal could backfire by giving Iran an incentive to build its nuclear strength. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Painful lessons The IDF has already learnt lessons of the Second Lebanon War. Brothers in guilt 'We are all guilty; is an effective summary of the final Winograd report.   1.   Bush wants to bring peace to the ME 01:50  |  Eden 01/08/07   2.   Your right # 1 but also........... 03:14  |  wally 01/08/07   3.   edwards 03:25  |  tom 01/08/07   4.   John Edward`s has balls! 03:37  |  Paul 01/08/07   5.   ...but $400 haircuts from public campaign donations is ok! LOL 04:05  |  Ryan 01/08/07   6.   why not sending money to drafur instead 04:49  |  tea man 01/08/07   7.   So what 06:52  |  Jay 01/08/07   8.   AIPAC Rules America 06:52  |  Richard 01/08/07   9.   Ex-Senator John Edwards 08:20  |  Garry 01/08/07   10.   He`s certainly cute 08:39  |  Hannah 01/08/07   11.   Look before you leap 09:02  |  Natallie Durson 01/08/07   12.   He won`t be 10:23  |  Clickfool 01/08/07   13.   For "Hannah" # 10 10:28  |  Clickfool 01/08/07   14.   Please, let it be Billary 10:30  |  Clickfool 01/08/07   15.   THE MIDDLE EAST IS TOO BIG FOR HIM 10:56  |  indrajaya 01/08/07   16.   Arms Sale to Saudia Arabia 13:29  |  Stuart M. Sheiman 01/08/07   17.   WEAPONS WAR DEATH 13:51  |  Marco 01/08/07   18.   #8 AGREE 14:10  |  Closed Account 01/08/07   19.   # 18 14:40  |  Marco 01/08/07   20.   Edwards is right on this 15:51  |  Brod 01/08/07   21.   Edwards 21:37  |  P. J. Casey 01/08/07   22.   "...require the Saudi government ..." 02:17  |  Realist 31/01/08

Today Online Ahmadinejad tells West: Accept Israel's 'imminent collapse' Responses: 248 Winograd: Final ground op 'did not achieve military goals' Responses: 76 Amira Hass: Finally, there's a popular uprising in Gaza Responses: 76 UN envoy: Gaza women feel coerced into covering heads Responses: 90 High Court okays cutting fuel and power to Gaza Responses: 94 Rosner's Domain The campaign for Darfur has achieved all its goals - but one Rosner's Guest: Israelis do not know enough about Jewish Diaspora Jewish vote in Florida: 58% for Clinton (WTR) Poll: Is there a "constant virulent campaign" against Obama? Back to divestment from Israel (WTR) More Headlines 22:10 Kadima rallies around Olmert, urges Barak to stay in gov't 22:01 Winograd: Final ground op 'did not achieve military goals', but approving it was essential step 03:22 Protest movement seeks to get to Olmert through Barak 18:59 ANALYSIS: IDF has already learnt lessons of Second Lebanon War 22:59 ANALYSIS: Winograd Committee report says 'we are all guilty' 22:03 German cabinet will visit Israel to mark Jewish state's 60th year 02:42 Giuliani quits Republican presidential race, endorses McCain 19:28 Egyptian police kill two Africans during bid to cross into Israel 02:22 Jerusalem officials praise public's response to snowstorm 17:13 High Court okays reducing fuel and power supply to Gaza Strip 20:50 Hezbollah: War report will corner Olmert, make him lose credibility 20:07 Israel to send thousands of vaccines to Gaza after border breach Previous Editions Select Day 30 jan 29 jan 28 jan 27 jan 25 jan 24 jan 23 jan 22 jan 21 jan 20 jan 18 jan 17 jan

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