{"id":102005,"date":"2017-11-20T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=102005"},"modified":"2017-11-19T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T17:59:49","slug":"millions-of-victims-us-aiding-massive-genocide-in-yemen-at-behest-of-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/11\/millions-of-victims-us-aiding-massive-genocide-in-yemen-at-behest-of-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Millions of Victims\u2019: US Aiding Massive Genocide in Yemen at Behest of Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Saudi Arabian alliance, of which the US is a member, has cut off the flow of humanitarian aid into Yemen and the results are catastrophic. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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13 Nov 2017 – <\/em>As previously reported, civilians in Yemen are suffering from an intense and widespread humanitarian crisis. Staggering numbers include 7 million civilians in starvation, and 19 million out of the country\u2019s 27 million population \u201cin need<\/a> of some form of aid.\u201d However, all of this has just gotten far worse thanks to a blockade on humanitarian support carried out by Saudi Arabia and aided by the West. It is nothing short of genocide.<\/p>\n

Yemen has been devastated by more than two years of civil war, fostered by the Saudi Arabian government and supported militarily by the United States. President Abd-Rabu Mansour Hadi\u2019s government is backed by the Saudi-led coalition and is fighting to drive the Houthis out of cities they seized in 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen, started by Obama and continued by Trump, thousands of innocent civilians\u2014including children\u2014have been slaughtered in the war. In spite of the fact that the Saudis have been caught dropping US\u00a0bombs on schools<\/a>, hospitals, and marketplaces, directly targeting civilians, the US continues their support.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Houthi rebels in Yemen allegedly launched a ballistic\u00a0missile toward the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. In response to the\u00a0attack which killed no one the Saudis placed a blockade on all flights in Yemen, including humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

The blockade has stopped the flow of\u00a0the much needed medical supplies and food and is on the brink of causing the largest genocide by starvation in modern history.<\/p>\n

After briefing the UN Security Council last week,\u00a0Mark Lowcock, the UN\u2019s humanitarian chief, said the move will worsen a \u201ccatastrophic\u201d humanitarian crisis that has pushed millions to the brink of famine and has caused a mass cholera epidemic, reports Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have told the Council that unless those measures are lifted \u2026 there will be a famine in Yemen,\u201d Lowcock, who visited Yemen late in October, told reporters last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will not be like the famine that we saw in South Sudan earlier in the year, where tens of thousands of people were affected. It will not be like the famine which cost 250,000 people their lives in Somalia in 2011,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be the largest famine the world has seen in many decades, with millions of victims.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I briefed Member States today on my mission to #Yemen<\/a>. My statement: https:\/\/t.co\/ycepe6hC63<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/h05IC0UAvq<\/a><\/p>\n

— Martin Griffiths (@UNReliefChief) November 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n