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Some in Congress Balk at Arms Sale to Turkey
(Washington Post) Craig Whitlock - Reps. Shelley Berkely (D-Nev.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill that seeks to block the Defense Department from selling three AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters to Turkey. "We are deeply concerned by Turkey's increased saber rattling, its threats against Israel, its outlook toward the European Union, its occupation of Cyprus and its unrelenting blockade of Armenia," they said Friday. "The U.S. should be busy raising these very serious concerns with Turkey, rather than selling arms to them." The sale is probably only round one in a much bigger fight over selling Predator or Reaper drones to Turkey.