Yemen Continues Its Descent into Hell
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-12
The UN has called Yemen the "world's worst humanitarian crisis." Yemen relies on imports for 75% of its food. A coalition land, sea, and air blockade on Yemen has cut off desperately needed food and medicines. An outbreak of cholera affects half a million people. International aid group Save the Children has determined that as many as 85,000 children may have died from starvation and disease.
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France Finds Saudi Crown Prince's Sister Guilty in Beating Case
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
A Saudi princess was found guilty by a French court Thursday of beating a workman inside her luxury flat in Paris. | RELATED: | Dozens of Palestinians Forcibly Disappeared in Saudi Arabia: NGO Warns | Princess Hassa bint Salman, the daughter of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, was found to be complicit in violence with a deadly weapon and complicit in the kidnapping of a workman in her flat. | The French court sentenced the Saudi princess to a ten-month suspended prison sentence…
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The New American Oil Empire Built on Sand. The "Fracking Revolution"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Over the course of the past decade the United States, following decades of relative stagnation in oil production, has surprised many to become the largest oil producer in the world, exceeding Russia as well as Saudi Arabia. | Latest daily production …
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Knowledge in the Blood: Stories About 9-11
Rachel Cunliffe | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
A Saudi Arabian exchange student starting 12thgrade in an American high school this fall is bullied because his name is Osama. "Something about 11thof September?" I learn. Jonathan Jansen called it "knowledge in the blood" when he wrote of the vindictiveness and hostility of Afrikaaner youth born after the end of apartheid as they entered…
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'Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget' – CounterSpin interview with Hassan El-Tayyab on US out of Yemen
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-09-10
Janine Jackson interviewed the Friends Committee on National Legislation's Hassan El-Tayyab about US war crimes in Yemen for the September 6, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE's Proxy-War and the Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Yemen
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-07
A rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the UAE has emerged in southern Yemen, the winner of which stands to greatly strengthen its position in the international arena. However, this power struggle is taking place as a result of the crisis in Yemen, likely the worst humanitarian disaster of the 21st century. THE SIDES OF …
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Hassan El-Tayyab on US Out of Yemen, Kate Bronfenbrenner on Labor Board vs. Labor
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-06
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As Saudi and UAE Proxies Trade Blows in Southern Yemen, Yemeni Civilians Pay the Price
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-03
According to Yemenis in Aden, the victims of the fighting are always Yemeni, not citizens or soldiers from Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and are part of a larger Saudi-UAE strategy to keep Yemen divided.
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