(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - The suicide drone used by Houthi militants in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv was constructed primarily with American components, highlighting severe gaps in U.S. sanctions on Tehran, according to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). "The construction of the drones is enabled by the regime's access to American components, and indeed the drones are built almost entirely from components produced by U.S. companies," Cruz said in a letter sent to the White House on Monday. "U.S. export and trade restrictions are aimed in part to prevent the acquisition of such components by rogue regimes such as Iran. Those munitions are being used to attack U.S. servicemembers and our allies, including Israel and Ukraine, and more broadly to undermine American national security interests."
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