Pocan, Amash warn Mattis against attacking Yemen’s Hodeida port
Today, Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Justin Amash (R-MI) led a letter to Defense Secretary Mattis warning him against attacking the Yemeni port of Hodeida. A PDF of the letter is here.
Join 9 Senators to Tell Saudi Arabia: “Hodeida Must Be Spared”!
On Thursday April 27, a bipartisan group of nine U.S. Senators wrote to the ambassador of Saudi Arabia demanding that Saudi Arabia spare the Yemeni port city of Hodeida from military assault to avoid pushing Yemen into famine. The nine Senators were: Todd Young (R-IN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Cory…
Aid Groups’ Statement Against Attack on Hodeida Warns of “Near Certain Famine”
[A PDF is here and here.] Action Against Hunger * Médecins du Monde * Norwegian Refugee Council * Saferworld * Save the Children * Tearfund * War Child Hudaydah Port, Yemen: Humanitarian joint statement, 25 April 2017 As humanitarian organisations operating in Yemen, we are gravely concerned by reports of a possible attack by the…
Senate: Don’t Imitate “Catch-22.” Don’t Arm People We’re Bombing in Yemen
General Mattis wants to increase U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s catastrophic war in Yemen, which has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine, including by selling Saudi Arabia even more weapons. In addition to producing humanitarian catastrophe, Saudi Arabia’s war is helping Al Qaeda in Yemen. Imitating war profiteer Milo Minderbender in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22,…
Urge “French Bernie Sanders” to Challenge Trump Plan to Push Yemen Into Famine
Progressive French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon – the “French Bernie Sanders” – is now a “frontrunner” in the first round of the French presidential election. That is giving him an unprecedented platform in global media, which he has used, among other things, to challenge Trump’s military attack on Syria. When he addressed tens of thousands…
Join Murphy, Paul, Durbin & Franken: Block Selling Arms to Saudis to Kill Civilians
Saudi Arabia’s war and blockade have pushed Yemen to the brink of famine. But the Trump Administration wants to sell Saudi Arabia even more weapons. Under U.S. law, weapons exports are supposed to be conditioned on requirements that civilians be protected from their use. Unfortunately, Congressional “oversight” of U.S. weapons exports has often been virtually…
Call Your Rep.: Trump Must Come to Congress Before Attacking Hodeida
Some in the Trump Administration want to get the U.S. directly involved in Saudi Arabia’s war in and blockade of Yemen. U.S. participation in this war has never been authorized by Congress. The Houthi Shia adversaries of the Saudi war aren’t “associated forces” of Al Qaeda. On the contrary: Al Qaeda has fought alongside Saudi…
Help Reps. Pocan, Amash Challenge U.S. Role in Saudis’ Yemen War
U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s war and blockade in Yemen has brought Yemen to the brink of famine, with hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children facing starvation. Instead of ending the carnage, some in the Trump Administration want to get the U.S. directly involved in Saudi Arabia’s war. But this war has never been authorized…
NPR: Report UN Famine Warning for Yemen & US Role in the War
The United Nations has warned that Yemen is on the brink of famine. The primary cause of the impending famine is Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. This war is supported by the United States – not only with U.S. weapons, but with direct U.S. military participation, including refueling of Saudi warplanes that are bombing Yemen….
No Arms Deal for Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Famine
While President Trump has lunch with Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman, children in Yemen are starving to death. Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations top aid official, has demanded that Yemen’s Hodeida port, currently blockaded and attacked by Saudi Arabia, be opened to food imports to avert famine. 53 Members of the House have urged Secretary…
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