“Human Rights Watch has reported that two Saudi strikes on a market in the Yemeni village of Mastaba in mid-March killed at least 97 civilians, including 25 children”.
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“The report describes horrors no child should have to face, but at the same time, I also had to consider the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously if, as was suggested to me, countries would defund United Nations programs”.
Sunjeev Bery, advocacy director for Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa regions, echoed the sentiments of Wareham.
The Kuwait embassy said it had “come a long way” to help “dry up terrorist funding sources” since it was liberated in 1991 by a US-led coalition from an Iraqi invasion led by Saddam Hussein, and that Ms Clinton’s comments “do not comply with reality”.
Trump, the expected Republican nominee, has suggested that the Saudis may have been complicit in the 9/11 attacks, threatened to end oil purchases from the kingdom if it does not send ground troops to Syria, and said that it should pay the United States for “protecting” it.
Saudi Arabia on Friday reiterated its call for airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, after U.S. diplomats broke ranks with the White House to push for robust action.
High on the agenda was bin Salman’s effort to overhaul Saudi Arabia’s state-dominated and oil-dependent economy, bringing in the private sector and creating jobs for the country’s youthful population.
The House of Representatives voted Thursday against an amendment that would have blocked the transfer of American-made cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia.
“The kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the U.S.is bipartisan”, he said.
That puts the 30-year-old Bin Salman, the son of the king, in a position where he might will inherit, and soon, and that scares the crap out of a lot of USA officials.
A senior USA administration official pushed back against the Saudi foreign minister’s remarks, however, saying the administration made its decisions based on US interests, not those of other countries.
The visit isn’t totally under-the-radar. And he stood out easily on his way to meet lawmakers, wearing the traditional dishdasha robe amid throngs of tourists and his entourage in the Capitol building. “We do not have a person in a tent”, he said, adding that they are “guests” and given work permits, health care and education.
After his Washington visit, the prince will make a stop in San Francisco, according to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who represents the city. “It’s an opportunity to get to know him”, Riedel said.
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–Contributors: Steven T. Dennis and Billy House.
