What’s a little murder among friends? From Dave DeCamp at antiwar.com:
The Biden administration was told last fall about the mass killings of migrants at Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen
The Biden administration has been aware since last year that Saudi border guards were slaughtering African migrants on Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen but kept quiet about the killings, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Sources told the Times that American diplomats were made aware of the news last fall, around the time the US was publicly condemning Riyadh for agreeing to OPEC+ oil production cuts. The administration did not make any public comments about the reported killings.
The administration received more details about the atrocities in December 2022 when the UN presented information about Saudi forces shooting, shelling, and abusing Ethiopian migrants at the border, but the US still kept quiet.
After Human Rights Watch released a report last week that said Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants between March 2022 and June 2023, the Biden administration insisted that it “raised concerns” with Riyadh about the report. For their part, Riyadh denied the allegations.
Last month, the Mixed Migration Center (MMC) released a similar report that said Saudi border forces killed at least 800 Ethiopian migrants, and over 1,700 were injured. The Saudi guards used mortar shells and small arms to attack the Ethiopians. There were also reports of rape and torture.
MBS hates Brandon after the murder accusation about Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident journalist and author that was killed.
Isn’t the petro dollar only possible because of Saudi Arabia?
I’m sure they own a huge chunk of the economy as well.
How brilliant to get on their sh1tlist. (s/)