{"id":1794,"date":"2018-08-18T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/2018\/08\/18\/saudi-bomb-that-killed-and-wounded-children-was-supplied-by-usa-and-made-by-lockheed-martin\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:20:28","slug":"saudi-bomb-that-killed-and-wounded-children-was-supplied-by-usa-and-made-by-lockheed-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/08\/18\/saudi-bomb-that-killed-and-wounded-children-was-supplied-by-usa-and-made-by-lockheed-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb in Yemen school bus strike was US-supplied &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/17\/middleeast\/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/17\/middleeast\/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>USA! USA! USA!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children dead on August 9 was a 500-pound (227 kilogram) laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of the top US defense contractors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/17\/middleeast\/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl\/index.html USA! USA! USA! The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN. 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