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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBomb 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
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. Why don't we just say, supplied by us.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)2. Our tax dollars at work. Because the Saudis
cant afford their own weapons with which to foment war and genocide.
malaise
(269,095 posts)3. Yep
But we knew that.
It was barely covered.
Sickening
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)4. What wonderful new buddies we have made.
Did Kushner hand deliver it?