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US senators call for block on arms sales to Saudi Arabia#ArmsTradeAmerica provides logistical support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and sold more than $1bn of weapons in 2015A group of bipartisan US senators have introduced a resolution to block a $1.15bn weapons sale to Saudi Arabia as pressure mounts globally for an embargo against the Saudis over its intervention in the war in Yemen.The “resolution of disapproval” introduced by Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Chris Murphy and Al Franken comes as human rights group accuse Saudi Arabia of perpetrating war crimes during its intervention in Yemen.“Selling $1.15bn in tanks, guns, ammunition, and more to a country with a poor human rights record embroiled in a bitter war is a recipe for disaster and an escalation of an ongoing arms race in the region,” Paul said in a statement.“Thousands of civilians are being killed, and terrorist groups inside the country, like al Qaeda and ISIS, are getting stronger. Until the Saudis’ conduct changes, the US should put a pause on further arms sales,” Murphy said.The same week Congress was notified about the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, a civilian factory was bombed according to Human Rights Watch killing 10 civilians. A few days later an air strike hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) supported hospital, killing 19 civilians.Read More At: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/congressman-seek-block-us-arms-sale-saudi-arabia-1136365237
