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 of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. provides intelligence and logistical 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 support 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.
The Independent newspaper in the U.K. recently reported that the country’s sales of bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia have increased by a staggering 500 percent since the Saudi bombing campaign of Yemen commenced. The U.S. and the U.K. remain the largest suppliers of arms to Saudi Arabia. Shockingly, the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson criticism of arms sales to Saudi Arabia’s human rights record responded, that it would definitely “harm our arms sales to them.”
Teresa May, the British prime minister also brushed aside concerns over human rights violations and conclusions of a leaked parliamentary report calling for an immediate end to arms sales.
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