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<p><b><font size="4">Urge IL-13 candidates to challenge Rep. Davis to oppose U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen.</font></b></p>
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<p>There will be a forum featuring 5 Democratic candidates for the 13th Congressional District seat at 6 pm Tuesday 9/5 in Noyes Lab Room 100 at the UIUC campus. The forum will feature candidates Jon Ebel, Ben Webb, Betsy Londrigan, Erik Jones and David Gill. All 5 intend to be candidates in the Democratic primary in March, to run against Rep. Rodney Davis. [1]<br>
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<b>Urge the 5 candidates to oppose U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen and challenge Rodney Davis to do the same by <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6TN5o%2B8sygVvnG51e4ihmhWLjLUV4A%2FA" target="_blank">signing our petition at MoveOn</a>.</b> <br>
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The Saudi-UAE war and blockade in Yemen has <b>pushed Yemen to the brink of famine</b> and <b>ignited the worst cholera outbreak on record</b>, with <b>a million malnourished children at risk from cholera</b>. [2] According to UNICEF, <b>every 10 minutes at least one child in Yemen dies of preventable causes</b> like malnutrition and diarrhea. [3] In addition to supplying weapons Saudi Arabia and the UAE are using in Yemen, the U.S. is a <b>direct participant</b> in the Saudi-UAE war by providing targeting information and by refueling Saudi and UAE warplanes bombing Yemen. [4] The Saudi-UAE warplanes can't conduct their bombing runs without U.S. refueling. [5] UNICEF director Anthony Lake was clear when asked by AP about how to end the disaster: <b>"Stop the war."</b> [6] <br>
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<b>Congress never authorized</b> U.S. participation in the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen against the Houthi-Saleh alliance, as Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker has acknowledged. [7] Whatever one thinks of the U.S. war on Al Qaeda and ISIS, the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen against the Houthi-Saleh alliance is indisputably not part of that; on the contrary, <b>the Saudis and the UAE are allied with Al Qaeda</b> in Yemen against the Houthi-Saleh alliance [8], and the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen <b>has strengthened Al Qaeda in Yemen</b>, [9] as the State Department acknowledged in a July 2017 report on terrorism. [10] <br>
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<b>Urge the five candidates to oppose U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen and to challenge Rodney Davis to oppose it by <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NCAoSaTk5ba%2F1BLUPp%2BhQxWLjLUV4A%2FA" target="_blank">signing and sharing our petition</a>. </b><br>
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,<br>
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Robert Naiman<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
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<p>References:<br>
1. <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/baseball/2017-08-30/tom-kacich-war-chant-rooted-theme-song-1950s-cartoon.html" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/<wbr>sports/illini-sports/baseball/<wbr>2017-08-30/tom-kacich-war-<wbr>chant-rooted-theme-song-1950s-<wbr>cartoon.html</a><br>
2. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/541181026/one-million-malnourished-children-at-risk-of-cholera-in-yemen" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/<wbr>541181026/one-million-<wbr>malnourished-children-at-risk-<wbr>of-cholera-in-yemen</a> <br>
3. <a href="https://www.unicef.org/yemen/reallives_12051.html" target="_blank">https://www.unicef.org/yemen/<wbr>reallives_12051.html</a> <br>
4. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/07/13/u-s-doubled-fuel-support-for-saudi-bombing-campaign-in-yemen-after-deadly-strike-on-funeral/" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2017/<wbr>07/13/u-s-doubled-fuel-<wbr>support-for-saudi-bombing-<wbr>campaign-in-yemen-after-<wbr>deadly-strike-on-funeral/</a> <br>
5. <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/24/534236954/yemen-now-faces-the-worst-cholera-outbreak-in-the-world-u-n-says" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/sections/<wbr>thetwo-way/2017/06/24/<wbr>534236954/yemen-now-faces-the-<wbr>worst-cholera-outbreak-in-the-<wbr>world-u-n-says</a> <br>
6. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/541181026/one-million-malnourished-children-at-risk-of-cholera-in-yemen" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/<wbr>541181026/one-million-<wbr>malnourished-children-at-risk-<wbr>of-cholera-in-yemen</a> <br>
7. <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/congress-raise-alarm-us-confrontation-yemen-houthis.html" target="_blank">http://www.al-monitor.com/<wbr>pulse/originals/2017/03/<wbr>congress-raise-alarm-us-<wbr>confrontation-yemen-houthis.<wbr>html</a> <br>
8. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/al-qaeda-group-leader-claims-fighting-alongside-us-backed-coalition-forces-yemen-a7713321.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/<wbr>news/world/middle-east/al-<wbr>qaeda-group-leader-claims-<wbr>fighting-alongside-us-backed-<wbr>coalition-forces-yemen-<wbr>a7713321.html</a> <br>
9. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/yemen-aqap/" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/<wbr>investigates/special-report/<wbr>yemen-aqap/</a> <br>
10. <a href="https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/272488.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.state.gov/<wbr>documents/organization/272488.<wbr>pdf</a></p>
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