On Friday, massive crowds gathered in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to protest the US air strikes. Houthi leaders addressed them, saying that they are standing up for the weak and oppressed among the people of Palestine. Hatred for the US is boiling over throughout the Arab world.
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Biden is bombing the Capital Of Yemen is like bombing a relic
“Joe Biden is starting a war on Yemen with no exit plan. Just more forever wars that no one wants,” the group said. “The Democratic Party expects us to vote for this in November?”
Source: US, UK Bomb Yemeni Capital as Part of ‘Sustained’ Attack on Houthis
While America churns China turns to the Yemen The Saudis and Biden loses out
“Biden promised to end the war in Yemen. Two years into his presidency, China may have delivered on that promise.”
Back to the wall in the Middle East America renegotiates Yemen
After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States is shifting its approach to the war, supporting a UN-brokered truce that has resulted in the most significant reduction of violence since the war began.
More than 80% of Yemenis live in poverty, yet international donors such as the UK are withdrawing aid
Source: With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov’ts still Back Saudi War
“It literally is going to be a death sentence,” said the World Food Programme chief about the U.S. Secretary of State’s decision to label the Houthis a terrorist organization.
‘Famine Not Seen in 40 Years’: UN Warns Pompeo Decision in Yemen Could Lead to Hundreds of Thousands—If Not Millions—Dead | Common Dreams News
All this is not to mention US support for the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen. Although Iran is not deeply entangled in that largely local conflict, it does side with the Houthis, which the war aims at destroying– at the cost of some 80,000 Yemeni lives, millions displaced, ten million food insecure– a modern apocalypse.
Maximum pressure was supposed to make the Iranians fold. But there was always another possibility.
via Trump Has been Waging a Brutal War on Iran for over a Year, in Alliance with Saudi Arabia & Israel
Trump and Netanyahu support this and assist ther Saudis doing it. (ODT)
Hodeida (Yemen) (AFP) – Over seven million children face food insecurity in Yemen and ending the country’s war will not save all of them, the UN children’s agency said.
“Today, 1.8 million children under the age of five are facing acute malnutrition, and 400,000 are affected by severe acute malnutrition,” said Geert Cappelaere, regional director of UNICEF.
via As Saudi-led War Grinds on, 2.2 mn. Yemeni Children Suffering Malnutrition
Following the attack, individual members of the Congress in the United States also called on their country’s army to clarify its role in the war and investigate whether support for the air raids could render US military personnel “liable under the war crimes act”.
The US has been the biggest supplier of military equipment to Riyadh, with more than $90bn of sales recorded between 2010 and 2015.
Out of the 16,000-plus raids they have launched since the start of the conflict, only a handful have been investigated, despite nearly a third of all bombs hitting civilian targets.
Last year, the UN blacklisted the Saudi-UAE alliance for causing the majority of reported child deaths and injuries in Yemen.
The global body has described the situation in Yemen as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
It has also said that least 10,000 people have been killed since the start of the conflict. However, analysts say the death toll is likely to be higher.
via Saudi-UAE coalition admits Yemen school bus attack ‘unjustified’ | Yemen News | Al Jazeera
At least 29 children were killed in the latest attack on civilians by Saudi and UAE forces, which are supported by the United States
43 people were killed and 61 were wounded in the attack, the majority of whom were children.
social media, critics noted that other coverage of the air strike in the US and Britain—which also supports the coalition—failed to acknowledge the countries’ involvement in the war.
via ‘We Just Bombed a SCHOOL BUS’: Outrage After US-Backed Saudi Coalition Slaughters Children in Yemen
Our silence as a nation is destroyed – and innocent men, women and children slaughtered – is deafening, writes Michael Brull. Yemen is being destroyed. Perhaps half a million children face severe malnutrition. Almost seven million people are on the brink of famine. This is happening with Western support. The Australian government quietly announced itsMore
Source: The War In Yemen Is Turning To Genocide, And Australia Is Quietly Supporting It – New Matilda
The operation transporting them to Israel almost brings to an end the Jewish community in Yemen, which once numbered around 60,000 people and dates back some 2,000
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Home Joining Al-Qaeda Back to Yemen Attack on Spanish tourists Attack on US Embassy Yemeni official’s complicity? Approaching CIA
A former Al Qaeda operative turned Yemeni-government informant steps out of the shadows to speak with Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit.
He reveals a sinister double game played by Al Qaeda and the former Yemeni government of Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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Al Qaeda Informant
Have yourself a merry little drone strike, let your heart be light
From now on our victims will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little drone strike, make the Yuletide gay
From now on our pilots will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of gore
Faithful rebels who were dear to us, are not near to us anymore
Through the years we all will be together, if the courts allow
Hang a bloody corpse upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little drone strike now
ISLAMABAD-As Christmas Day approaches and millions of Americans are celebrating the birth of Christ by purchasing presents from Walmart, our military marked the occasion by obliterating a few suspected militants in Yemen and North Waziristan. Although administration officials declined comment on the strikes, we managed to reach General Jack Ripper USAF (Ret) for his thoughts on the matter.
“It has become a sort of Christmas tradition,” said General Ripper. “The holidays are the perfect time to hit the enemy because we can target weddings and other gatherings during the slow news cycle back home. Most Americans are more concerned with the mythical “War on Christmas” than with innocent people being vaporized in the name of democracy. Drone strikes are great because they are the most cost-effective way to provoke the locals and swell the ranks of our terrorist opponents. If we face growing numbers of terrorists then it is much easier to justify a bloated defense budget and intrusive information-gathering programs.”
General Ripper continued, “These savages living in mud huts thousands of miles away constitute a clear and present danger to our way of life and our republic, and the startling truth is that there are at least a few dozen of them. Furthermore, these guys are believed to be the masterminds behind the evil worldwide plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids,” said Ripper. “Our nation is a righteous one founded on Christian principles, chosen by God and Jesus to lead the free world, and if we have to blow up the rest of the globe to prove it, then by God that’s what we’re gonna do!” General Ripper had to end our phone interview at that point because it was time for the night nurse to distribute medication.
Pakistani and Yemeni government officials have protested the drone strikes as being counter-productive, saying they serve only to provoke lunatic religious fanatics. They have advised citizens living in tribal areas that during traditional infidel holidays a trip to a large town may be in order, and all New Year’s Eve celebrations should be held in caves deep underground.
![Forty children were killed in the coalition air raid on Saada province [Naif Rahma/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2018/8/12/9d85ef96a7a94ba28ef02dfac1f70927_18.jpg "Saudi-UAE coalition admits Yemen school bus attack 'unjustified'")
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