In recent weeks we have seen a huge
escalation of the war against Yemen
being waged by a coalition of forces
that includes the United States, Saudi
Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the UK
and France. These forces have waged a
relentless war against Yemen, the poorest
Arab country. There has been continuous
bombing of the country by Saudi Arabia,
including hospitals, schools, food supplies,
neighborhoods, infrastructure and other
civilian targets. More than 14,600 civilians
have been killed and injured and over
three million people have been internally
displaced. The devastation has been so bad
that the country is now entirely dependent
on outside aid as eight million Yemenis face
famine. The worst cholera epidemic ever
has caused over 1 million cases and resulted
in more than 2,200 deaths.
Even before the war began, this
impoverished country imported 90% of its
food. The port of Hodeidah has been the
primary entry point for food and other aid
and is now the target of a new offensive by
the US/Saudi/UAE coalition threatening
mass starvation to get the Yemeni people
to submit to their will. The recent attack
on Hodeidah has included massive Saudi
bombing of the port and a ground force
that includes officers from the UAE
leading anti-Ansar Allah Yemenis along
with mercenaries, many from Sudan. This
attempt to close the port of Hodeidah
should be seen as a war crime. This is a
genocidal war that could not continue one
day without US support.
The corporate media claims that there
is a civil war in Yemen between “Houthi
rebels” and the “legitimate government” of
Yemen, but this lie is criminal in light of the
suffering of the Yemeni people. In 2012
the indigenous Ansar Allah movement,
which includes the Houthis, and other
contending forces in the country came to an
Excerpt from the United National Antiwar Coalition
Statement Against the US/Saudi Arabian War on Yemen
agreement for Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi
to be elected president for a two-year term.
In 2014, after breaking the agreement and
losing all support, he fled to Saudi Arabia
and the Ansar Allah movement came to
power as hundreds of thousands marched
in the streets in their support.
In 2015, Saudi Arabia started its bombing
of Yemen to try and reinstate Hadi into
power and crush a popular movement.
Their invasion was supported by some
other Arab countries and the US. It was the
Obama administration that first gave the
green light to Saudi Arabia, and the Trump
administration has continued the policy.
Without US military and diplomatic
backing, the war on Yemen could not take
place. It rightfully should be called the US/
Saudi Arabian war on Yemen.
Many in the US have been horrified by the
arrests and separation of families at the US
border. This has laid bare the inhumanity
of the US government and has caused
deserved outrage from the people of the
US and the world. As on the US border,
children are the major victims of imperialist
wars and induced-poverty. The outrage and
revulsion caused by the children’s plight in
the US forced some backtracking by the
US government. The humanitarian crisis
in Yemen demands the same outpouring
of compassion, anger, and action by the US
media and people and the international
community for the suffering children and
civilians in Yemen as well. We can and
must stop this horror.
We demand:
End to US support for the war on Yemen
and end to the fighting!
End the blockade and provide
humanitarian aid to Yemen!
From: unacpeace.org
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