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underpants

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Fri Aug 17, 2018, 08:42 PM Aug 2018

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/08/17/middleeast/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl/index.html

(CNN) — The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children dead on August 9 was a 500-pound (227 kilogram) laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of the top US defense contractors.

The bomb is very similar to the one that wreaked devastation in an attack on a funeral hall in Yemen in October 2016 in which 155 people were killed and hundreds more wounded. The Saudi coalition blamed "incorrect information" for that strike, admitted it was a mistake and took responsibility.
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Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US (Original Post) underpants Aug 2018 OP
Why don't we just say, supplied by us. defacto7 Aug 2018 #1
Our tax dollars at work. Because the Saudis LuckyLib Aug 2018 #2
Yep malaise Aug 2018 #3
What wonderful new buddies we have made. ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #4

LuckyLib

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2. Our tax dollars at work. Because the Saudis
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 08:49 PM
Aug 2018

can’t afford their own weapons with which to foment war and genocide.

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