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10Sep By SHOAHNo Comments
Saudi Arabia, USA, Yemen

'Outrageous': Fury as Pompeo Puts US 'Rubber Stamp' of Approval on Saudi Slaughter of Civilians in Yemen

NOVANEWS "Pompeo's 'certification' is a farce. The Saudis deliberately bombed a bus full of children. There is only one moral answer, and that is to end our support for their intervention in Yemen." by: Julia Conley People pray on coffins of members from one family after they were killed by airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition hit their house on Monday, leaving the nine members, including five children, killed on December 26, 2017 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) As local journalists in Yemen reported that at least 15 civilians were killed in Saudi airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially certified that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose three-year...
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15Aug By SHOAHNo Comments
Saudi Arabia, USA

Lawmakers Demand Answers About US Role in Saudi Slaughter of Yemeni Civilians

NOVANEWS Noting that he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate General officer in the U.S. Air Force, Lieu wrote that “a number of the coalition’s airstrikes look like war crimes.” by Jake Johnson In the wake of the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition’s horrific bombing of a school bus last week that killed 40 Yemeni children and amid reports on Tuesday of dozens more civilian deaths after a new wave of Saudi bombings, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has sent a detailed letter (pdf) to the Department of Defense Inspector General demanding an investigation into whether Trump administration officials violated U.S. or international law by assisting the Saudis in their assault on Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition, which receives essential military support and intelligence from the U.S., “has repe...
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