I went to Yemen in 2015 when the country was being bombed by the Saudi-led coalition. We documented these US made cluster bombs being used against civilian targets. There were 51 people killed, 37 of them were new lists that they showed me are women and children. These are devastatingly effective weapons that's why Ukraine wants them but they can cause enormous harm to civilians.
President Biden and other world leaders say it’s too dangerous to admit Ukraine into NATO while it’s at war with Russia. But, to the dismay of allies, the US will send cluster bombs to the front.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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