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Her photograph went viral afterward, drawing sympathy.<\/h4>\n<h4>After an examination of the remnants of the weapon used in the aerial attack, Amnesty found that the bomb had been made in the US.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cWe can now conclusively say that the bomb that killed Buthaina\u2019s parents and siblings, and other civilians, was made in the USA,\u201d Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International\u2019s Middle East research director, said on Friday.<\/h4>\n<h4>The so-called coalition led by Saudi Arabia against Yemen admitted conducting the air raid, blaming civilian deaths on a \u201ctechnical error.\u201d The UK-based rights body described as shameful the continued military support provided by the United States and Britain for the Saudi campaign \u201cinstead of holding the coalition accountable for their actions in Yemen.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International says a bomb used by the Saudi regime in a fatal airstrike on an apartment building in the Yemeni capital, Sana\u2019a, in August was made in the United States. \u00a0 Amnesty International says a bomb used by the Saudi regime in a fatal airstrike on an apartment building in the Yemeni capital, Sana\u2019a, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[358,276,38,228],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-airstrike","tag-bomb","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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