Bombed: A Potato Chip Factory, a School, a Doctors Without Borders Facility, and Now a Water Well
Strikes in northern Yemen on Saturday reportedly killed two children and first responders as US-backed coalition continues 'disturbing' strikes
As Kristine Beckerle and John Sifton of Human Rights Watch wrote last week, "the U.S. continues to provide logistical, tactical, and intelligence support to the Saudi-led military operation against the Houthis and their allies in Yemen that has resulted in numerous laws-of-war violations."
The Saudi-led military coalition is already accused of bombing a potato chip factory, a school, and a Doctors Without Borders facility.
And the New York Times editorial board wrote last month: "The United States is complicit in this carnage. "
Yet, the Obama administration last month proposed a sale of $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The deal faces opposition by anti-war advocates and some lawmakers. A bipartisan group of 64 House members wrote to President Obama, "This military campaign has had a deeply troubling impact on civilians." According to author and arms trade expert William Hartung, "The debate over the deal is about more than just tanks."
And according to Beckerle, "it's not just that the U.S. is selling weapons; it is that the U.S. is providing such crucial support and such substantive support that it itself is at war in Yemen."
McGoldrick said last month that at least 10,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out 18 months ago. UNICEF, meanwhile, has called attention to the "devastating toll" the conflict has taken on children, and the fact that "water and sanitation infrastructure has also been ravaged...in one of the most water-scarce countries on Earth. "
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As Kristine Beckerle and John Sifton of Human Rights Watch wrote last week, "the U.S. continues to provide logistical, tactical, and intelligence support to the Saudi-led military operation against the Houthis and their allies in Yemen that has resulted in numerous laws-of-war violations."
The Saudi-led military coalition is already accused of bombing a potato chip factory, a school, and a Doctors Without Borders facility.
And the New York Times editorial board wrote last month: "The United States is complicit in this carnage. "
Yet, the Obama administration last month proposed a sale of $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The deal faces opposition by anti-war advocates and some lawmakers. A bipartisan group of 64 House members wrote to President Obama, "This military campaign has had a deeply troubling impact on civilians." According to author and arms trade expert William Hartung, "The debate over the deal is about more than just tanks."
And according to Beckerle, "it's not just that the U.S. is selling weapons; it is that the U.S. is providing such crucial support and such substantive support that it itself is at war in Yemen."
McGoldrick said last month that at least 10,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out 18 months ago. UNICEF, meanwhile, has called attention to the "devastating toll" the conflict has taken on children, and the fact that "water and sanitation infrastructure has also been ravaged...in one of the most water-scarce countries on Earth. "
As Kristine Beckerle and John Sifton of Human Rights Watch wrote last week, "the U.S. continues to provide logistical, tactical, and intelligence support to the Saudi-led military operation against the Houthis and their allies in Yemen that has resulted in numerous laws-of-war violations."
The Saudi-led military coalition is already accused of bombing a potato chip factory, a school, and a Doctors Without Borders facility.
And the New York Times editorial board wrote last month: "The United States is complicit in this carnage. "
Yet, the Obama administration last month proposed a sale of $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The deal faces opposition by anti-war advocates and some lawmakers. A bipartisan group of 64 House members wrote to President Obama, "This military campaign has had a deeply troubling impact on civilians." According to author and arms trade expert William Hartung, "The debate over the deal is about more than just tanks."
And according to Beckerle, "it's not just that the U.S. is selling weapons; it is that the U.S. is providing such crucial support and such substantive support that it itself is at war in Yemen."
McGoldrick said last month that at least 10,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out 18 months ago. UNICEF, meanwhile, has called attention to the "devastating toll" the conflict has taken on children, and the fact that "water and sanitation infrastructure has also been ravaged...in one of the most water-scarce countries on Earth. "