Saudi prince promises free Bentleys to bomber pilots who killed 1,000

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Prince Alaweed bin Talal – who owns one of Saudi Arabia’s largest companies, Kingdom Holdings, and owns a $300m stake in Twitter – made his promise on social media but has since deleted the Tweet.

“I congratulate our wise leaders on the victory of Operation Decisive Storm and the beginning of Operation Restoring Hope,” bin Talal appeared to tweet Tuesday, following the announcement of a new phase in the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen.

“To recognise the one hundred participating Saudi pilots I am pleased to present them with 100 Bentley cars,” he said.

But his pledge has been met with anger by Twitter users, and not just by Yemenis that have seen their homes destroyed and family members killed during three weeks of bombing during the Saudi-led Operation Decisive Storm – which officially ended last night.

Source: Ibtimes