{"id":177487,"date":"2015-09-01T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=177487"},"modified":"2015-09-01T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:10:37","slug":"despite-global-ban-saudi-led-forces-kill-dozens-yemen-using-us-made-cluster-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/despite-global-ban-saudi-led-forces-kill-dozens-yemen-using-us-made-cluster-bombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Global Ban, Saudi-Led Forces Kill Dozens in Yemen Using US-Made Cluster Bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of using U.S.-made cluster munition rockets in at least seven attacks in the Yemeni city of Hajjah between late April and mid-July. Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded, both during the attacks and later, when they picked up unexploded submunitions that detonated. Neither the United States, Saudi Arabia or Yemen have joined the global convention banning the use of cluster munitions. Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch criticized the U.S. stance on cluster munitions. “The U.S. thinks that cluster munitions are legitimate weapons,” Roth said. “The U.S. still hasn’t signed onto the landmines treaty. So, the U.S. is very much behind the rest of the world.”<\/p>\n

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