The UK and US sell billions and billions of dollars of arms to the Saudis. They see the Saudis as a major economic and political partner in the region - @peterjsalisbury tells @BBCworld
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Following reports from UNICEF that Saudi led airstrikes hit a bus full of children in Yemen, @kacungira asks @PeterJSalisbury why the UK and US aren't doing anything.
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The UK and US believe they have to limit their criticisms of Saudi Arabia, and certainly they wouldn't want do anything as major as what some people see as the only leverage over Saudi Arabia and the coalition, which is to cut off arms supplies -
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'Thus far investigations by the Saudis of their own airstrikes have exonerated them everytime. We need the Saudis to open up the books, bring in an impartial external investigator and to show us exactly what happened in this airstrike.' -
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I'm skeptical that the Saudis would stop buying the most advanced weaponry available because they were criticized on human rights. A move like that would put them at a disadvantagebto those who do buy them. I think it's more about political alignment re Iran/Israel.
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