FOCUS: Why Bombs Made in America Have Been Killing Civilians in Yemen

Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=54369"><span class="small">Michael LaForgia and Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times</span></a>

Saturday, 16 May 2020 11:55

Excerpt: "Year after year, the bombs fell - on wedding tents, funeral halls, fishing boats and a school bus, killing thousands of civilians and helping turn Yemen into the world's worst humanitarian crisis."

A Saudi-led bombing of a funeral hall in Sana, Yemen, in 2016 killed at least 140 people and injured another 500. A bomb shard was linked to the American company Raytheon. (photo: Hani Mohammed/AP)

Why Bombs Made in America Have Been Killing Civilians in Yemen

By Michael LaForgia and Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times

16 May 20

President Trump sees arms deals as jobs generators for firms like Raytheon, which has made billions in sales to the Saudi coalition. The Obama administration initially backed the Saudis too, but later regretted it as thousands died.

ear after year, the bombs fell � on wedding tents, funeral halls, fishing boats and a school bus, killing thousands of civilians and helping turn Yemen into the world�s worst humanitarian crisis.

Weapons supplied by American companies, approved by American officials, allowed Saudi Arabia to pursue the reckless campaign. But in June 2017, an influential Republican senator decided to cut them off, by withholding approval for new sales. It was a moment that might have stopped the slaughter.

Not under President Trump.

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