Thursday, October 20, 2016

U.S. complicity in war crimes

" “The continuing civilian carnage caused by the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen is horrifying,” Lieu wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Salon. “It appears that either the Saudi coalition is intentionally targeting civilians or they are not distinguishing between civilians and military targets. Both would be war crimes,” he stressed." "Despite internal concerns about complicity in war crimes, large U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia continued."