{"id":3957,"date":"2017-03-21T05:38:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T05:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/3957-amnesty-us-must-not-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia-bahrain\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T05:38:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T05:38:41","slug":"amnesty-us-must-not-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/3957-amnesty-us-must-not-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty:  US must not sell arms to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leading human rights group has called on the United States not to approve pending weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, warning that such sales could implicate Washington in war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>A leading human rights group has called on the United States not to approve pending weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, warning that such sales could implicate Washington in war crimes.<\/h4>\n<h4>In a letter to US President Donald Trump, Amnesty International said the arms sales would only serve to further arm the Saudi-led coalition that has attacked thousands of civilians in Yemen in violation of international law.<\/h4>\n<h4>Amnesty International\u2019s researchers have already found many unexploded US-made bombs among the ruins of Yemeni residential buildings. 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