title: koch brothers helped incite the impending bloodbath among republicans
text: military an american soldier talks with saudi troops file photo by the us army 
  a us congressman has warned that american troops could be prosecuted for providing military support to the saudi war on yemen 
  ted lieu made the warning in a letter to us secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary ashton carter saying the us governments denial of target selection for saudi airstrikes in yemen does not excuse washington from legal responsibilities 
  i find it deeply troubling that the us apparently has no advanced knowledge of what targets will be struck by jets that are refueled by us personnel with us tankers lieu said in his letter 
  the us would appear to be violating loac laws of armed conflict and international standards by engaging in such direct military operations if us personnel are not aware if targets are civilian or military if the loss of life and property are disproportional or if the operation is even militarily necessary he noted a yemeni boy walks past a mural depicting a us drone and reading why did you kill my family photo by afp 
  pointing to the month involvement of the us in saudi war on the yemeni people the democratic congressman stressed that washington had knowledge of a bombardment campaign hitting civilian targets including schools and hospitals multiple times 
  us personnel are now at legal risk of being investigated and potentially prosecuted for committing war crimes under international law a person can be found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes under us law a person can be found guilty for conspiring to commit war crimes lieu wrote 
  the pentagon has been providing logistic and surveillance support to saudi arabia in its military aggression against yemen the kingdoms impoverished southern neighbor which has killed more than  yemenis since its onset in march  
  the unprovoked war started by a coalition of saudiallies in an attempt to undermine the houthi ansarullah movement and reinstate former yemeni president abd rabbuh mansur hadi a staunch ally of the riyadh regime 
  washington has on several occasions criticized the saudi regime for its crimes against humanity in yemen but has shown no sign of ending its support for riyadh us representative ted lieu of california addresses delegates on the fourth and final day of the democratic national convention at wells fargo center on july   in philadelphia pennsylvania photo by afp 
  in august the us state department approved the sale of more than  abrams tanks  armored recovery vehicles and other equipment worth about  billion to saudi arabia 
  saudiled bombardments have struck hospitals markets and other places where civilians gather 
  in september amnesty international reported that a us manufactured bomb had been used in a saudi strike against a doctors without borders hospital in yemens northwestern province of hajjah which claimed the lives of  people 
  in october more than  people lost their lives and over  others sustained injuries after saudi military aircraft struck a hall in the yemeni capital of sanaa where rows of people were attending a funeral yemeni rescue workers pull out a victim from amid the rubble following a saudi airstrike against a packed funeral site in the capital sanaa on october   photo by afp 
  un humanitarian coordinator for yemen jamie mcgoldrick said last month that the death toll from the saudi military aggression could rise even further as some areas had no medical facilities and that people were often buried without any official record being made loading