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New evidence shows Saudi use of cluster bombs in Yemen, Amnesty says
[Iran Press TV] ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has used US-manufactured cluster munitions in a recent On Friday, the London-based rights group said Riyadh dropped the internationally banned cluster munitions on Sana'a in an air attack on January 6, which killed a 16-year-old boy and injured at least six other civilians. The organization also said the attack scattered submunitions in at least four different residential neighborhoods. Amnesty also urged the Persian Gulf kingdom to immediately stop using the weapons. This comes as Saudi Arabia admitted on January 12 that its military had used cluster bombs in the aggression against Yemen. The front man for the Saudi military, Ahmad al-Asiri, claimed that Riyadh had used cluster bombs just once in an Earlier this month, the UN human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. office said it had received reports that Saudi forces had used cluster bombs in Hajjah, adding that a UN team found remnants of 29 cluster submunitions in the village of al-Odair. Local sources in Hajjah also confirmed the repeated use of the bombs in attacks against villages, saying the Posted by: Fred 2016-01-17 |
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