Daily Archives: August 13, 2021

2021-08-13: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-08-13). Activists Paint Tank Tracks to Doors of Weapons Dealers. orinocotribune.com CANADA — Activists across Canada marked the third anniversary of the Yemen school bus massacre on Monday with protests at weapons manufacturers and government offices, calling on Canada to stop all weapons exports to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi bombing of a school bus in a crowded market in northern Yemen on August 9, 2018 killed 44 children and ten adults and wounded many more. | In Nova Scotia activists protested outside Lockheed Martin's Dartmouth facility. The bomb used in the airstrike on the Yemeni school bus was made by weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada is a wholly-owned subsid…

San Francisco Ceremony (2021-08-13). Grieving the Loss of Yemeni Children–US Complicit. indybay.org Members of the Yemeni-American community and world peace activists grieved the third year anniversary of the loss of dozens of innocent children whose lives were taken by a 500 pound U.S. made, Saudi-UAE led bomb.

Anonymous007 (2021-08-12). Military Situation In Yemen On August 12, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 173 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On August 11, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Sarwah district | On August 11, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Khab and Shaaf area | On August 11, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Dhaher district | On August 12, clashes between Ansar Allah an…

Staff (2021-08-12). Antiwar Group Blocks Entry to Raytheon Facility to Protest Killing of Civilians. truthout.org A group of anti-war activists blockaded the entrances to a Raytheon facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on Thursday morning to protest the role the weapons-maker plays in the killing of civilians in Yemen, the occupied Palestinian territories, and elsewhere around the world. | The demonstration was organized and live-streamed on Facebook by Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex (RAM INC) and The FANG Collective, a direct-action organization based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-12). Rights groups ask Canada to stop its weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. peoplesdispatch.org The Justin Trudeau-led government in Canada has repeatedly ignored similar calls in the past, claiming that "there is no serious risk" of its military equipment being used for human rights violations in Yemen…

_____ (2021-08-12). One-Time 99% Tax on Billionaires' Pandemic Profits Could Fund Vaccines for the Entire World. commondreams.org "Raytheon profits from the killing of civilians, families, and children in Palestine, Yemen, and elsewhere. We can't sit idly by while Raytheon engineers new and more destructive ways of killing innocent people."

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