[Peace] IL-13 Dems: Challenge Rodney Davis to Oppose U.S. Role in Saudi war in Yemen

[Robert Naiman]

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From: Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:39 PM
Subject: IL-13 Dems: Challenge Rodney Davis to Oppose U.S. Role in Saudi
war in Yemen
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Dear Robert,

*Urge IL-13 candidates to challenge Rep. Davis to oppose U.S. participation
in the Saudi war in Yemen.*

*Take Action
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Pl6xr6JDNEe2dWs9XYH5JhWLjLUV4A%2FA>.*

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]

*Urge the 5 candidates to oppose U.S. participation in the Saudi war in
Yemen and challenge Rodney Davis to do the same by signing our petition at
MoveOn
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6TN5o%2B8sygVvnG51e4ihmhWLjLUV4A%2FA>.*

The Saudi-UAE war and blockade in Yemen has *pushed Yemen to the brink of
famine* and *ignited the worst cholera outbreak on record*, with *a million
malnourished children at risk from cholera*. [2] According to UNICEF, *every
10 minutes at least one child in Yemen dies of preventable causes* like
malnutrition and diarrhea. [3] In addition to supplying weapons Saudi
Arabia and the UAE are using in Yemen, the U.S. is a *direct participant*
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: *"Stop
the war."* [6]

*Congress never authorized* 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, *the
Saudis and the UAE are allied with Al Qaeda* in Yemen against the
Houthi-Saleh alliance [8], and the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen *has strengthened
Al Qaeda in Yemen*, [9] as the State Department acknowledged in a July 2017
report on terrorism. [10]

*Urge the five candidates to oppose U.S. participation in the Saudi war in
Yemen and to challenge Rodney Davis to oppose it by signing and sharing our
petition
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NCAoSaTk5ba%2F1BLUPp%2BhQxWLjLUV4A%2FA>.
*

Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1. http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/baseball/
2017-08-30/tom-kacich-war-chant-rooted-theme-song-1950s-cartoon.html
2. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/541181026/one-million-
malnourished-children-at-risk-of-cholera-in-yemen
3. https://www.unicef.org/yemen/reallives_12051.html
4. https://theintercept.com/2017/07/13/u-s-doubled-fuel-
support-for-saudi-bombing-campaign-in-yemen-after-deadly-strike-on-funeral/
5. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/24/
534236954/yemen-now-faces-the-worst-cholera-outbreak-in-the-world-u-n-says
6. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/541181026/one-million-
malnourished-children-at-risk-of-cholera-in-yemen
7. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/
congress-raise-alarm-us-confrontation-yemen-houthis.html
8. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/al-
qaeda-group-leader-claims-fighting-alongside-us-backed-
coalition-forces-yemen-a7713321.html
9. http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/yemen-aqap/
10. https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/272488.pdf

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