VICE News: Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen Used 2,000-Pound American Bombs to Kill 97 Civilians
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a Yemeni market killed at least 97 civilians on March 15 in one of the deadliest attacks on innocents since its campaign began a year ago. On Thursday, Human Rights Watch reported that the strike had in fact been carried out with massive American-supplied bombs that weighed 2,000 pounds each.
Investigators from HRW visited the site of the attack in the northwestern village of Mastaba on March 28, where they spoke with witnesses and injured victims collected weapon fragments. They found remnants of a GBU-31 satellite-guided bomb, which combines a 2,000-pound MK-84 bomb with a DAM satellite guidance kit, also of American provenance. The team reviewed footage and photographs taken by British TV journalists two days prior, which it said showed "remnants of an MK-84 bomb paired with a Paveway laser guidance kit."
The two aerial bombs hit the crowded market around noon, according to HRW.
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More News On Reports That A Saudi-Led Air-Strike Used Two 2,000lb. American Bombs On A Yemeni Civilian Market
Yemen: US Bombs Used in Deadliest Market Strike -- Human Rights Watch
Saudi coalition used U.S. bomb in Yemen market strike that killed 119: report -- CBC/AP
Report Ties U.S. Bombs to Saudi-Led Strike That Killed Yemeni Civilians -- NYT
Saudi Air Force struck Yemeni marketplace with US bombs – HRW -- RT
U.S. Weapons Were Used In Deadly Bombing In Yemen, Says Human Rights Group -- Huffington Post
U.S. Bombs were used in Saudi-led attack on market in Yemen, rights group finds -- The Intercept
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Yeah and so has Al Qaeda.
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