美國停止向沙特出售特定武器
The United States will halt the planned sale of precision-guided weapons to Saudi Arabia, a U.S. official said, in response to concerns over Saudi military practices in the Yemeni civil war, which has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians.
The official said President Barack Obama's administration canceled the sale of air-dropped precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally. "That's obviously a direct reflection of the concerns that we have about Saudi strikes that have resulted in civilian casualties," the official said.
In addition to canceling the sale of the precision-guided weapons, the U.S. will alter the way it trains Saudi air force personnel to improve their accuracy, a persistent source of concern in the Obama administration.
The decisions could further strain ties between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia at a time when the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume control of the executive branch of the U.S. government.
The United Nations human rights office said in August that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen was responsible for about 60 percent of the 3,800 civilians killed since March 2015. Some rights groups have criticized the U.S. for supporting the Saudi war effort with weapons sales and refueling Saudi-led coalition jets. Some rights groups also say attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on clinics, factories, markets and schools amount to war crimes.
Saudi Arabia has either denied the attacks or said the presence of fighters in the targeted areas justified the strikes. Saudi Arabia has not yet responded to the latest decisions by the Obama administration.美國官員說，由於沙特阿拉伯在也門內戰中的一些軍事行徑令人擔心，美國決定不再按計劃向沙特出售精確制導武器。也門內戰已造成數千名平民死亡。
該官員說，奧巴馬政府取消了向美國主要盟友沙特阿拉伯出售空投精確制導炸彈的計劃。 “這顯然直接反映了我們對造成平民傷亡的沙特空襲的關切。”
除了取消出售精確制導武器以外，美國還將調整其訓練沙特空軍人員的方式，這種訓練旨在提高其空軍的準確性。這也是奧巴馬政府持續關注的問題。
候任總統川普準備接管美國政府之際，這些決定可能進一步加劇美國和沙特的緊張關係。
聯合國人權辦公室8月表示，沙特領導的聯盟對也門2015年3月以來遇害的3800名平民中大約60%的死亡負有責任。一些人權團體批評美國通過軍售和爲沙特聯盟的飛機加油來支持沙特的戰爭行徑。一些人權團體還表示，沙特爲首的聯盟轟炸診所、工廠、市場和學校，犯下了戰爭罪。
沙特阿拉伯不是否認這些攻擊，就是說空襲是正當的，因爲目標內藏有武裝分子。沙特阿拉伯尚未對奧巴馬政府的最新決定做出迴應。
