US and Saudi Arabia War Crimes, Indiscriminate Killing of Yemeni Civilians
US leadership cultivates a new generation of war criminals
Is there anyone who believes that Yemeni Lives Matter?
audi ground forces invaded Yemenfor the first time in this war on August 27. Officially, the Saudi
government characterizes the invasion as an incursion that will be
limited and temporary. The Saudi government made similar representations
about their terror-bombing of Yemen that began March 26 and has continued on a near-daily basis to the present.
Other foreign troops have invaded southern Yemen in support of the ousted Yemeni government.
At the same time as the Saudi invasion, the ousted Yemeni government, now talking tough from the safety of Riyadh, the Saudi capital, says it won’t enter into any peace talks
until the other side, which has no air force and no navy, surrenders
its weapons and withdraws from disputed territory. This “demand” is
consistent with the corrupt UN Security Council resolution that passed in April, with the support of the US and other countries then waging war on Yemen.
until the other side, which has no air force and no navy, surrenders
its weapons and withdraws from disputed territory. This “demand” is
consistent with the corrupt UN Security Council resolution that passed in April, with the support of the US and other countries then waging war on Yemen.
Saudi Arabia’s aggression
against Yemen, the poorest country in the region, has been catastrophic
for Yemen, which is all-but-defenseless. Backed by eight other Arab
dictatorships and the US, the Saudi alliance has committed uncounted war crimes and crimes against humanity. The onslaught has killed more than 4,300 people (mostly civilians),
subjected roughly half the Yemeni population to severe hunger and water
scarcity, and laid waste to World Heritage sites among the oldest in
the world.
against Yemen, the poorest country in the region, has been catastrophic
for Yemen, which is all-but-defenseless. Backed by eight other Arab
dictatorships and the US, the Saudi alliance has committed uncounted war crimes and crimes against humanity. The onslaught has killed more than 4,300 people (mostly civilians),
subjected roughly half the Yemeni population to severe hunger and water
scarcity, and laid waste to World Heritage sites among the oldest in
the world.
The US-led naval blockade, an act of war, has cut food
imports to Yemen, which is not capable of growing enough food to feed
its population. The head of the UN World Food Program reported on August
19 that Yemen is on the verge of famine, making the US naval blockade a
potential crime against humanity. The UN humanitarian chief has
reported to the UN Security Council that “the scale of human suffering
is almost incomprehensible.” As reported by ABC News:
imports to Yemen, which is not capable of growing enough food to feed
its population. The head of the UN World Food Program reported on August
19 that Yemen is on the verge of famine, making the US naval blockade a
potential crime against humanity. The UN humanitarian chief has
reported to the UN Security Council that “the scale of human suffering
is almost incomprehensible.” As reported by ABC News:
He said he was shocked by what he saw: Four out of five
Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance, nearly 1.5 million
people are internally displaced, and people were using cardboard for
mattresses at a hospital where lights flickered, the blood bank had
closed and there were no more examination gloves.
Like most mainstream media, ABC News delivers the
suffering with relish, but has a hard time telling the war story
straight, resorting to euphemistic evasions such as: “at least 1,916
civilians have died in the Yemen conflict since it escalated on
March 26.” [emphasis added] That’s just dishonest. On March 25, the
“Yemen conflict” was primarily a civil war (with ISIS and al Qaeda
thrown in).
suffering with relish, but has a hard time telling the war story
straight, resorting to euphemistic evasions such as: “at least 1,916
civilians have died in the Yemen conflict since it escalated on
March 26.” [emphasis added] That’s just dishonest. On March 25, the
“Yemen conflict” was primarily a civil war (with ISIS and al Qaeda
thrown in).
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Houthi militant sits amidst debris from the Yemeni Football Association
building, which was damaged in a Saudi-led air strike, in Sanaa May 31,
2015. (photo: Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)
