[Peace-discuss] [ufpj-activist] CNN: Saudi Arabia calls deadly strike on Yemeni civilians a 'mistake'

Sun Aug 27 14:10:27 UTC 2017

This particular "mistake" could be stopped by turning four of these five
Senate Democrats: Mark Warner of Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri,
Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Bill Nelson of Florida, Joe Manchin of West
Virginia. These five Senate Democrats voted on June 13 to keep arming Saudi
Arabia's war in Yemen, when 43 Senate Democrats and 4 Senate Republicans
voted to stop arming Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. 47 plus four equals 51.

Why isn't there more interest in stopping this catastrophe, when doing so
would only require turning four Senate Democrats?

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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@clairecmc, @SenDonnelly, @Sen_JoeManchin, @MarkWarner, @SenBillNelson:
#StopArmingSaudi War Crimes in Yemen
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/senate-stop-arming-saudi?r_by=1135580

House: Use War Powers to Save A Million Yemeni Kids from Cholera & Famine
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-vote-on-saudi-war?r_by=1135580

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> Yes of course, everything we do is a mistake, by “we” I include our allies
> with whom we collude.
>
> Our intervention in Iraq was a mistake, just as our war in Vietnam was a
> mistake, every time we get caught killing civilians they are labeled
> “collateral damage” and a mistake. You know, “oops I missed my target, oops
> I accidentally slaughtered a few thousand more people.”
>
> It begs the question, when are “we” the American people going to put a
> stop to USG “mistakes? Mistakes that are killing millions of people, over
> there, and impoverishing and killing people here?”
>
> On Aug 27, 2017, at 06:17, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> wrote:
>
> Property of: Mark Warner, Claire McCaskill, Joe Donnelly, Bill Nelson, Joe
> Manchin.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/middleeast/yemen-airstrike-sanaa/index.html
>
> Saudi Arabia calls deadly strike on Yemeni civilians a 'mistake'
> By Hakim Almasmari, Hamdi Alkhshali, and Eliza Mackintosh
> Updated 2:29 PM ET, Sat August 26, 2017
>
> Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) A deadly airstrike on residential buildings in Sanaa
> was the result of a "technical mistake," the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
> said Saturday in a statement to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
> The strike killed 16 people, including seven children, Yemen's
> rebel-controlled health ministry said Friday.
> The attack, which flattened two buildings in Sanaa's southern district of
> Faj Attan, comes amid escalating violence in the war-torn country.
> A Saudi-led coalition spokesman expressed "deep sorrow for this
> unintentional accident and for the collateral damage among civilians."
> The intended target of the strike was a command-and-control center for
> Houthi rebels, spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said, calling it "a legitimate
> military target."
> The facility, al-Maliki said, was intentionally set up in a residential
> area to turn civilians into human shields.
> Saudi Arabia, backed by a coalition of Arab states, launched a military
> operation in March 2015 against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who toppled
> the internationally recognized leadership in Yemen.
> In the last week alone, the United Nations estimates that 58 civilians
> have been killed in airstrikes, including 42 in Saudi-led coalition
> bombings. That death toll is higher than in the entire month of June, when
> 52 civilians were killed, and in July, which saw 57 civilian deaths.
> Since fighting began, the UN Human Rights Office has documented 13,829
> civilian casualties, including 5,110 people killed. The numbers, based on
> casualties individually verified by the UN's Yemen Office, are believed to
> be a fraction of the overall death toll.
> Hotel attack
> Friday's attack came two days after an airstrike hit a hotel
> <http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/middleeast/yemen-airstrike-hotel/index.html> on
> the outskirts of Sanaa, leaving dozens dead. The United Nations has
> launched an investigation into that attack.
> Two airstrikes hit the area in close succession at around 3:30 a.m., a
> witness told the United Nations. The first struck a security checkpoint
> purportedly manned by Houthi rebels, and, several minutes later, a second
> strike hit the Istirahat Al Shahab hotel.
> Most of those killed at the hotel died in their sleep and were buried
> under rubble, Mohammed al-Sarhi, a farmer, told CNN.
> At least 33 civilians were killed and another 25 injured in the attack,
> the United Nations confirmed. Yemen's health ministry, which is controlled
> by Houthi rebels, says 51 people died. The health ministry is based in
> Sanaa and is not part of the internationally recognized, Saudi-backed
> government based in the southern city of Aden.
> [...]
>
> ===
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1 <(202)%20448-2898>
>
> @clairecmc, @SenDonnelly, @Sen_JoeManchin, @MarkWarner, @SenBillNelson:
> #StopArmingSaudi War Crimes in Yemen
> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/senate-stop-arming-saudi?r_by=1135580
>
> House: Use War Powers to Save A Million Yemeni Kids from Cholera & Famine
> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-vote-on-saudi-war?r_by=1135580
>
>
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