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| UN Aid Chief Urges Probe on Saudi Bombing of Yemen Wedding |
| 2015-10-10 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] The top United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... aid official called for a swift investigation Thursday of a Saudi-US air strike that killed dozens of people at a wedding in Yemen. Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said he was "deeply disturbed" by the news that civilians had been killed in Wednesday evening's bombing. "I call for a swift, transparent and impartial investigation into this incident," O'Brien said in a statement. "Real accountability for parties to conflict, whether they are states or non-state groups, is urgently needed, to ensure that the commitment under international law to protect civilians is meaningful," he added. O'Brien quoted Yemen's ministry of public health as saying that at least 47 people were killed and 35 were maimed, among them many women and kiddies, in the strike. Medical sources confirmed at least 28 deaths to AFP. The raid hit a house where dozens of people were celebrating in the town of Sanban in Dhamar province, 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of the capital Sanaa, residents said. It was the second air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on a Yemeni wedding party in just over a week. O'Brien said that 4,500 civilians have been killed or injured since the Saudi-led coalition began air strikes against rebels in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... in March. "That is more than in any country or crisis in the world during the same period," he noted. The strongly-worded statement underscored that the sides have a responsibility under international law to avoid damage to homes and other civilian structures. "With modern weapons technology, there is little excuse for error," he added. A Western-backed resolution calling for a UN investigation into rights abuses committed during the Saudi-US aggression on Yemen was withdrawn last week at the UN rights council due to protests from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula.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... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "following the exchange of vows, we will have the traditional celebratory gun sex and the firing of the surface-to-surface missiles" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-10-10 10:29 |
| #2 ...Amazing how many 'wedding parties' seem to get hit. You'd almost think they were being intentionally targeted. Or somebody was lying about it. But that couldn't happen, could it? (sarc/OFF) Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-10-10 08:25 |
| #1 No more deposits to your numbered Swiss bank account, Stephen. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-10-10 01:59 |