War Crimes & Famine 11-13-2017

13, November 2017                       War Crimes & Famine

The US and our European allies are flooding the Middle East with billions of the most sophisticated weapons which are being used a wage a relentless war on neighboring Yemen. In addition to selling billions in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. provides intelligence and logistic support.

To intensify the suffering of the Yeminis, the Saudis have imposed a total blockade on all land, air and seaports.  This would not be possible without the tacit approval of the U.S. Navy which controls 80% of the ports to Yemen.

U. N. medical experts warn that the clampdown will worsen Yemen’s cholera epidemic, which has sickened more than 900,000 people. U.N. aid Chief Mark Lowcock warned that if the blockade is not lifted, the resulting famine will claim millions of lives.

Afrah Nasser, a Yemeni journalist, recipient of the International Free Press Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, confirmed the U.N. assessment stating the situation in Yemen is dire. The World Food Program estimates that out of Yemen’s population of 28 million people, about 20 million, “do not know where they’re going to get their next meal.” Death is the new norm in Yemen.

By selling billions of weapons to Saudi Arabia the United States is participating in creating, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

It is now up to the American people to raise their collective voices and halt this human catastrophe failing which we will be complicit in these grotesque war crimes.