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Number of children killed in Saudi-American strike on schoolbus grows to twenty-nine

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  1. dyyyl
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    It was not immediately clear whether the bus was the target of the air strike, but coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Malki said the attack was "a legitimate military action, conducted in conformity...

    It was not immediately clear whether the bus was the target of the air strike, but coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Malki said the attack was "a legitimate military action, conducted in conformity with international humanitarian law".

    He said it had hit "militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians", in his attack targeting civilian children.

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  2. moronicuniform
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    It doesn't matter how many children die as long as some politician, somewhere, profits from it. And they usually do.

    It doesn't matter how many children die as long as some politician, somewhere, profits from it.

    And they usually do.

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  3. time
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    If this really is the case, international humanitarian law needs some serious updates.

    Malki said the attack was "a legitimate military action, conducted in conformity with international humanitarian law".

    If this really is the case, international humanitarian law needs some serious updates.