Middle East
UN experts find British-made bomb parts in Yemen, in breach of international law
Britain has licensed at least US$5 billion worth of exports to Saudi Arabia since its war in Yemen began, with accusations of indiscriminate bombing commonplace
Such arms sales were held to be unlawful in June by the Court of Appeal in London, which found ministers had failed to conduct a proper impact assessment
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/mid...rts-find-british-made-bomb-parts-yemen-breach
‘The Saudis couldn’t do it without us’: the UK’s true role in Yemen’s deadly war
Britain does not merely supply the bombs that fall on Yemen – it provides the personnel and expertise that keep the war going. But is the government breaking the law?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...out-us-the-uks-true-role-in-yemens-deadly-war
Fragments of British-made bomb parts were uncovered at the site of an air raid in Yemen, according to the United Nations.
A UN panel of experts discovered the British laser guidance missile systems on a site near the capital Sanaa where four bombs were dropped in September 2016, The Guardian reported.
The guidance unit found by the UN were stamped with EDOMBM Technology Ltd - the name of a Brighton-based company owned by the US arms supplier L3 Harris.
The export of British arms to Saudi Arabia,
totaling at least £4.7bn since it intervened in the Yemen war, has been widely criticised.
The latest UN finding shows "that British technology has been deployed in a conflict where the Saudi-led coalition has been repeatedly accused of indiscriminate bombing," the Guardian reported.
"The Saudi Arabian regime is one of the most brutal and repressive in the world, yet, for decades, it has been the largest buyer of UK-made arms, said Andrew Smith of CAAT...
...The decision came after Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) went before the UK Court of Appeal in April to overturn a 2017 High Court judgment which allowed the government to continue with arms exports to Saudi Arabia
"No matter what atrocities it has inflicted, the Saudi regime has been able to count on the uncritical political and military support of the UK."
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/n...ade-bomb-parts-discovered-in-yemen-un-experts
Funny, not much on this in Americam papers? Go figure...I guess it doesn't suit their owner's agendas well.
Just like in Iraq, the mortar rounds found and attributed to Iran turned out to be made in Israel and Britain...just like the cluster bombs in Syria turned out to be Not Assad, but made in the USA...
It's just the same old same old lyin crap.
Israel Is the Only Country in the World Killing Iranians, Senior Israeli Minister Boasts
Israel 'strikes the Iranians hundreds of times in Syria, sometimes admits it and sometimes foreign reports reveal it,' Tzachi Hanegbi states...
..."This is how Israelis are freely and proudly talking about killing Iranians! Just imagine what would happen if it was the other way around!"
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...ng-iranians-israeli-minister-boasts-1.7541960
Really...it would be like a Canadian politician standing up for Legal UN resolutions and Palestinians...
