...from Trumpsky so that they can kill more Yemen civilians. And so it goes.
via HuffPo:
The human rights arm of the American Bar Association has sent the Senate a legal analysis saying that President Donald Trump’s plan for an arms deal with Saudi Arabia worth more than $100 billion would be illegal because of the Saudis’ role in the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
Citing “multiple credible reports of recurring and highly questionable [air]strikes’’ by the Saudi military that have killed civilians, the U.S. “cannot continue to rely on Saudi assurances that it will comply with international law and agreements concerning the use of U.S.-origin equipment,” Michael Newton, a prominent Vanderbilt University law professor and former military judge advocate general, said.
As President Trump meets with the Saudi King and signs a $110B arms deal, @Acosta has the latest from Riyadh https://t.co/wulsr8LQfF
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) May 20, 2017
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