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Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 80 at Yemen Detention Center in Worst Attack in Three Years

2022-01-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On January 21, 2022, a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a detention facility in Sa’adah, northwestern Yemen, killing at least 80 people and wounding over 200 in what the United Nations described as the “worst civilian-casualty incident in the last three years in Yemen.” Amnesty …

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Biden Administration Pauses $760 Million Raytheon and Boeing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Yemen

2021-02-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced it was pausing indefinitely two major precision-guided munitions sales to Saudi Arabia worth approximately $760 million—a $478 million Raytheon contract for 7,500 Paveway “smart” bombs and a $290 million Boeing contract for 3,000 …

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