(Child soldiers) How the Saudis are being shielded from international heat over Khashoggi, Yemen
How the Saudis are being shielded from international heat over Khashoggi, Yemen
Jonathon Gatehouse · CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/national-today-newsletter-saudi-arabia-lebanon-refugees-1.5178098
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And the Trump administration continues to protect bin Salman's back.
Today, Reuters reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has dismissed the findings of his own experts and stopped Saudi Arabia being named to a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers.
It is widely reported that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has been recruiting Sudanese children as young as 14, with the Kingdom paying a bonus of up to $10,000 a soldier.
But Pompeo is adding Sudan to the annual report required under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 instead of Saudi Arabia, thereby skirting limits on U.S. military aid and weapons sales.
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