Society/Culture United Nations Secretary-General: Saudis added to name and shame list for killing children, again.

[cannot]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says in a draft report that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for more than half the children killed and injured in Yemen's civil war last year.

The report, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, said the United Nations verified 1,340 casualties and attributed 683 — representing 51 percent — to attacks carried out by the coalition.

It said nearly three-quarters of attacks on schools and hospitals — 38 of 52 — were also carried out by the coalition.

The draft report on children and armed conflict echoes similar findings from last year when the U.S.-backed coalition was put on a U.N. blacklist for violating child rights.

It was removed by then Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after Saudi Arabia and other coalition supporters threatened to stop funding many U.N. programs. But Ban said he stood by the report, which said the U.N. verified a total of 1,953 youngsters killed and injured in Yemen in 2015 — a six-fold increase compared with 2014.

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From an Australian perspective its a bit disappointing to be so closely tied to this middle eastern nation. Literally killing children isnt cricket saudis

 

[Admiral Byng]

Saudis are seriously ****ed up and a threat to world security. The sooner we invent a substitute for oil the better place the wold will be.

 

[GWBogan]

I'm sure selling them a few hundred billion more dollars worth of arms will keep them quiet. I mean... what could possibly go wrong?

 

[The Edukator]

Saudis are seriously ****** up and a threat to world security. The sooner we invent a substitute for oil the better place the wold will be.

the middle east going down the gurgler will be a godsend. InshAllah.

 

[Mofra]

From an Australian perspective its a bit disappointing to be so closely tied to this middle eastern nation. Literally killing children isnt cricket saudis

Not to mention their tacit support for wahhabists globally.

 

[cannot]

Not to mention their tacit support for wahhabists globally.

yeah this is more of an issue than people seem to relise

not sure why its always swept under the geo-political rug ...

 

[Mofra]

yeah this is more of an issue than people seem to relise

not sure why its always swept under the geo-political rug ...

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Wanna buy a vowel?

 

[Kurve]

Saudis are seriously ****** up and a threat to world security. The sooner we invent a substitute for oil the better place the wold will be.

They're running out of oil, hello Iran.

 

[Mofra]

They're running out of oil, hello Iran.

The US are aiming to once again become a net oil exporter before 2020, on the back of shale oil and multi-frac drilling.
That in itself could well change the significance of ties to the ME

 

[awaremind]

The US are aiming to once again become a net oil exporter before 2020, on the back of shale oil and multi-frac drilling.
That in itself could well change the significance of ties to the ME

Could also possibly change the liveability of the USA too.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Saudis are seriously ****** up and a threat to world security. The sooner we invent a substitute for oil the better place the wold will be.

And we can thank the U.S for arming them to the teeth & enabling the mass slaughter currently underway in Yemen.

The numbers quoted & cited in cannot 's post, are but a mere fraction of the reality.

There are literally millions being starved to death over there right now.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Could also possibly change the live-ability of the USA too.

Good luck finding any safe drinking water too.....Rivers on fire & whole communities without safe drinking water already.....Ecological Insanity.

 

[Forward Press]

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Wanna buy a vowel?

A?

Seriously though we all know that the Saudis are one of, if not the biggest state sponsor of terrorism but we ignore all of this s**t because it's economically expedient to do so.

A backwards country that promotes religious extremism. You could not pay me enough to live there.

 

[kickazz]

Saudis are seriously ****** up and a threat to world security. The sooner we invent a substitute for oil the better place the wold will be.

Never a true word spoken.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

Seriously though we all know that the Saudis are one of, if not the biggest state sponsor of terrorism but we ignore all of this s**t because it's economically expedient to do so.

That's the thing, we don't ignore that. Our governments do, despite our wishes.