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

Sun Aug 27 14:49:55 UTC 2017

Every nonviolent thing we know how to do, we should do it to these five
offices, and then do more of it: Mark Warner of Virginia, Claire McCaskill
of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Bill Nelson of Florida, Joe Manchin
of West Virginia.

- Everyone should think of everyone we know in these five states and how to
get them engaged, how to make hassling these five Senators on their
enabling of this catastrophe a top priority.
- Everyone should think about how we can mobilize people from neighboring
states. Champaign-Urbana is a half hour from the Indiana border; two hours
from Indianapolis.
- We should track every public appearance of these five Senators and
challenge them on camera to stop voting to arm Saudi Arabia's war and
blockade in Yemen.
- Phone calls should be pouring in to their DC and local offices.
- We should occupy their offices and refuse to leave until they pledge to
stop voting to arm Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
- Every email, every blog post on this topic, should mention these five
Senators and equate them with the catastrophe: Mark Warner of Virginia,
Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Bill Nelson of
Florida, Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

===

Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

@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 9:17 AM, Medea Benjamin <medea.benjamin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes. How should we do this?
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 7:10 AM Robert Naiman <
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> ===
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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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