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Scottish National Party [SNP] MP Angus Robertson said that British PM David Cameron should admit that Britain is at war in Yemen without ever having sought parliamentary approval.
The remark, issued Wednesday by Robertson in the House of Commons, questioned Cameron what the UK was doing to promote peace in Yemen where a war is currently being fought with substantial loss of life.
Robertson said civilians were being killed by the Royal Saud Air Force, "who have done that using British-built planes with pilots who are trained by British instructors, and who are dropping British-made bombs and are coordinated by the Saudis in the presence of British military advisers."
"Is it not time for the prime minister to admit that Britain is effectively taking part in a war in Yemen that is costing thousands of civilian lives, and that he has not sought parliamentary approval to do that?" he wondered.
Relatively, it was revealed by Sky News on 8 January that UK military personnel were embedded in the operation rooms of the Saudi military. The experts are believed to be helping Saudi forces coordinate attacks against the Houthi revolutionaries in Yemen.
However, the Ministry of Defense said no British military personnel are taking part in direct operations, but are merely helping to train the Saudis to make sure they comply with international law.
On Thursday, it was reported by Business Insider that five people were killed by Saudi airstrikes on an oil production facility in Yemen.
Earlier on Wednesday the UK was accused of exporting up to a billion pounds [US$1.4 billion] worth of bombs to the closely-allied gulf theocracy in the space of three months as it ramped up its war effort in Yemen.
Some 7,000 Yemeni civilians are believed to have died as a result of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
