[blind-democracy] FW: One Year of Killing in Yemen

  • From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:13:20 -0400

 

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Subject: One Year of Killing in Yemen


 
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Miriam - 



Today marks one year since Saudi Arabia began what they said would be
"short-term" military involvement in Yemen's civil war. In the 365 days
since, using American-made fighter jets, cluster bombs, and other munitions,
more than 3,000 innocent Yemeni civilians have been killed, many of them in
ways that may amount to war crimes. It is far past time for the United
States to stand up and say "enough is enough" and repudiate Saudi aggression
and killing in Yemen.

Tell
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Secretary of State John Kerry to press the Saudis to end the bombing in
Yemen, sign a permanent peace agreement and provide a joint aid package to
rebuild the country.

U.S.-supplied F-15s and cluster bombs have been used extensively in the
bombing campaign in Yemen, resulting in thousands of deaths of Yemeni
civilians as well as significant damage to Yemen's infrastructure and rich
architectural history. The Saudi-led bombing raids have been conducted
indiscriminately, killing journalists and destroying multiple buildings in a
Doctors Without Borders facility.

The situation in Yemen in the wake of a year of relentless bombing has been
described as a "humanitarian catastrophe" by the United Nations, with 21
million people in need of some kind of aid, 7.6 million people "severely
food-insecure", and over 3.4 million children out of school. That the United
States supplied the weapons that caused this devastation and still remains
silent in the face of such horror is unconscionable.

A ceasefire has been announced that will go into effect April 10. The U.S.
should support the ceasefire and use it as an opportunity to push for peace
talks, then provide aid for rebuilding Yemen once peace has been achieved.
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Yemen and to provide humanitarian aid to rebuild the country.

We cannot undo the damage that has been done in Yemen, but we can speak out
to prevent any more damage from occurring and help repair what our weapons
have wrought. Thank you for joining us in calling for peace and justice for
the Yemeni people.

Sincerely,
Alice, Alli, Ariel, Chelsea, Janet, Jodie, Marwa, Medea, Michaela, Nancy,
Rebecca, Sam and Tighe

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