Iran accuses Saudis of bombing embassy in Yemen

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BBC

Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of "deliberately" bombing its embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying members of staff had been wounded in an air strike.

Sanaa residents reported dozens of air strikes on Thursday by the coalition, which is battling Houthi rebels.

A coalition spokesman said the air strikes had targeted rebel missile launchers, and that the rebels had used abandoned embassies for operations.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35251917

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Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Missile Attack on Its Embassy in Yemen

Iran said it holds Saudi Arabia responsible for damage to its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, according to reports.

Tehran condemned the attack and said the incident violates international law.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-07/iran-accuses-saudi-arabia-of-missile-attack-on-its-embassy-in-yemen

[EdwardBernays]

1. With US assistance I'm sure

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/15/u-s-support-for-saudi-strikes-in-yemen-raises-war-crime-concerns/

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/11/us-may-be-complicit-in-war-crimes-in-yemen.html

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Cluster Bombs in Yemen

UN accuses Saudi-led coalition forces of using cluster bombs




January 6, 2016 10:21 GMT


The United Nations has voiced concern over the alleged use of cluster bombs by Saudi-led coalition forces in north-west Yemen, where numerous air strikes have been reported. UN investigators have reportedly discovered 29 cluster submunitions in al-Odair village in Haradh district, which lies in the northwestern region of the country.

At a press briefing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Rupert Colville said: "We have also received alarming information on the alleged use of cluster bombs by coalition forces in Hajjah Governorate." According to eyewitnesses, many villages in Haradh district have also been affected by the use of cluster bombs, he said. UN investigators have also reportedly found the use of cluster submunitions in several other districts, including Hairan and Bakel Al-Meer.

Civilian casualties

Colville noted the alarming number of non-combatant casualties in Yemen. At least 62 civilians were killed in Saudi-led air strikes in December and 29 were killed in November. On the other hand, Iran-backed Houthi rebels are reported to have killed at least 11 civilians in December and 32 others in November.


http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yemen-civil-war-un-accuses-saudi-led-coalition-forces-using-cluster-bombs-1536254

US To Sell Cluster Bombs To Saudi Arabia


The international community is not happy with the United States and Saudi Arabia amid news that they have inked a deal for hundreds of millions of dollars of controversial and potentially unethical cluster bombs.

The $641 million deal would send 1,300 cluster bombs to America's closest ally on the Arabian Peninsula, through U.S. defense contractor Textron, according to a Pentagon release on the contract.

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-sell-cluster-bombs-to-saudi-arabia-2013-8?IR=T

[EdwardBernays]

3. yep - and collective punishment eg starving millions of women and children

Almost 100,000 children starving in Yemen's al-Hodeidah

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/100000-children-starving-yemen-al-hodeidah-150908191310445.html

Starving children - brought to you by the US Navy.

[newfie11]

4. And of course our good friend, Saudi Arabia can do no wrong

Why do we ignore their abuses while condemning out countries for the same thing!

OIL!