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SALON.COM ON CONGRESSMAN LIEU's ACTION ON CIVILIAN DEATHS IN YEMEN AIRSTRIKES

March 18, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington - In an exclusive piece for the award-winning SALON.COM, journalist Ben Norton covers Congressman Ted W. Lieu's latest action in light of civilian deaths in Yemen - the result of airstrikes orchestrated by a Saudi Arabian-led coalition. Mr. Norton's piece focuses on a letter Congressman Lieu has sent to Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter asking for more information about coalition military operations and the targeting of civilians in Yemen.

"Rep. Lieu, who served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and attended Air War College,
wrote in the letter that the 'apparent indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian targets in Yemen
seem to suggest that either the coalition is grossly negligent in its targeting or is intentionally targeting innocent civilians.'"

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The full Ben Norton / Salon Magazine piece can be foundhere.

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