It’s dangerous to be so cosy with the Gulf’s autocrats

theguardian: by Brian Whitaker — In 2012 David Cameron jubilantly announced a £2.5bn order for 20 Typhoon warplanes from Oman, model seen here at the Farnborough show – but who will get to use them, and for what? A few days ago, the American ambassador in Beirut said he was […]