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| Subject: UN Experts Say Saudi Coalition Violated Law in Yemen Attack Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:04 pm | |
| UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts investigating the double bombing of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Oct. 8 are accusing the Saudi-led coalition of violating international humanitarian law by attacking civilians, the wounded, and medical personnel. The U.N. humanitarian coordinator cited initial reports saying over 140 people were killed and more than 525 injured in the attacks. The Ministry of Health has estimated 114 dead and 613 injured. The panel of experts said the first bomb hit the Al-Sala Al-Kubra hall in Sanaa which was packed with at least 750 adults and children including leaders of the Shiite Houthi rebels mourning the father of the acting interior minister. The second bomb was dropped three to eight minutes later when civilians and medical personnel were trying to help casualties from the first attack. The Saudi-led coalition, which is backed by the United States, has been targeting Houthi leaders since March 2015 when it intervened in Yemen's civil war in support of the internationally recognized government.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/20/world/middleeast/ap-un-united-nations-yemen-funeral-attack.html?_r=0 _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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