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From: Miriam Vieni
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: One Year of Killing in Yemen
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From: CODEPINK [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 9:02 AM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: One Year of Killing in Yemen
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 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. Use our action page to tell John Kerry to press for an end to the
bombing in 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
PS: You don't want to miss this harrowing new segment about life inside
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