L’ambassadeur séoudien aux États-Unis, Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki, interrogé sur l’utilisation d’armes à sous-munitions au Yémen :
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql8RXwCPTfI
- Sir, let me ask you: will you continue using cluster weapons in Yemen?
– This is like the question: will you stop beating your wife? Ah ah…
Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Vows to Keep Hitting Yemen, “No Matter What”
▻https://theintercept.com/2016/11/01/saudi-ambassador-to-the-u-s-vows-to-keep-hitting-yemen-no-matter-what
We continued to ask with the same question, and the ambassador grew tired of our persistence. “You are political operators!” he accused. “I’m not a politician.”
At last week’s Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference — bankrolled by oil companies Chevron, ExxonMobile, and ConocoPhillips, and weapons contractors Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing — the Saudi ambassador was the keynote speaker.
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen had “righteousness, legitimacy, a lot of support,” and would keep bombing “no matter what it takes,” he told the audience, which included U.S. military officials as well as defense contractors and oil executives.
