Monday, October 10, 2016

US arms package ‘condones’ slaughter in Yemen...

On September 21, Congress approved a new US$1.15 billion arms package to Saudi Arabia to continue bombing Yemen. The Obama administration has already sold about US$100 billion worth of weapons and military equipment to Riyadh, including cluster bombs.

Despite 64 lawmakers submitting a resolution to block the sale, the Senate rejected the resolution with a vote of 71 to 27.

Before the vote, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Calif) who spearheaded the bill, claimed it was “morally outrageous for US to continue its direct assistance in the slaughter of civilians by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.”

Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) likewise had scathing words regarding arming Riyadh that was “involved in the financing of terror including 9/11”, commits human rights abuses, bombs hospitals and schools, and creates millions of refugees for Europe and the US while refusing to take in any.

Sunjeev Bery, Mideast director for Amnesty International USA, said the recent Senate vote was “the latest example of a growing trend of dissent in Congress when it comes to the United States military alliance with Saudi Arabia.”Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) likewise had scathing words regarding arming Riyadh that was “involved in the financing of terror including 9/11”, commits human rights abuses, bombs hospitals and schools, and creates millions of refugees for Europe and the US while refusing to take in any. Full story...

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