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Thread: Before leaving office, Trump is trying to rush through $23 billion in weapons sales to the UAE. @HRW makes a great case for why these sales must not be allowed to go through.
Here's what you should know: (1/10) https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/01/united-states-embargo-arms-united-arab-emirates
Here's what you should know: (1/10) https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/01/united-states-embargo-arms-united-arab-emirates
2/ Along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE has led a war on Yemen since 2015 that is causing the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth. Despite removing ground forces in 2019, the UAE’s air campaign and support for abusive proxy forces continue, according to the @UN.
3/ The UN has condemned the Saudi-UAE led coalition's air campaign in Yemen for indiscriminately targeting civilians. With US-made bombs, the coalition has struck hospitals, weddings, and even a school bus, killing at least 26 children. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/magazine/war-yemen-american-bomb-strike.html
4/ By continuing to provide weapons + military support to the Saudi-UAE coalition, the US is complicit in potential war crimes. According to @NYTimes, US officials have worried that they could be held be responsible for crimes committed in Yemen. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/us-war-crimes-yemen-saudi-arabia.html
5/ The UAE has also illegally transferred US-made weapons to proxy forces in Yemen and Libya, as @Amnesty and others have documented. These militias have been accused by the UN of numerous rights violations, including torture. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/02/yemen-uae-recklessly-supplying-militias-with-windfall-of-western-arms/
6/ In Washington, officials have expressed a desire to reward the UAE for normalizing relations with Israel. But as HRW’s @HolewinskiSarah notes, that “should not entail complicity in unlawful deaths in Libya and Yemen.”
7/ In the Senate, @ChrisMurphyCT, @SenatorMenendez, and @RandPaul have introduced resolutions to block these arms sales to the UAE. @Ilhan has introduced a bill in the House. Tell Congress it must swiftly pass these measures 
https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/29727/
https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/29727/
8/ As a result of the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen, the country is now on the verge of the worst famaine in decades that threatens the lives of “millions of Yemenis,” @antonioguterres warned recently. https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/11/1078212
9/ Yemen needs food and medicine, not more bombs. The UAE apparently has $23 billion for fighter jets and drones, but $0 for aid for Yemen. That is unacceptable. #StopStarvingYemen
10/ We urge Congress to pass resolutions of disapproval to block these sales to the UAE, and for @JoeBiden to take executive action on day 1 of his administration to ensure that they don’t go through. #YemenCantWait https://pomed.org/international-coalition-of-ngos-call-on-the-united-states-to-immediately-halt-proposed-arms-sales-to-the-uae/
