DAN GLAZEBROOK—You would think a strategy aimed at starving the world’s most starving population still further would be a hard sell. But, then, money not only talks, it silences. And $1.5 billion is a lot of money. The UN’s own ‘Humanitarian Response Plan’ for Yemen, issued just two days before the YCHO, on 20th January, had noted that “Al Hudaydah port, which accounts for 70-80 per cent of commercial imports in Yemen, remains a critical lifeline, despite operating at reduced capacity after being hit by an airstrike in August 2015”, adding that “the extended blockade imposed on Al Hudaydah and Salif ports on 6 November 2017 significantly threatened this lifeline of Yemenis” and that “only a sustained flow of imports of essential basic goods can avert further catastrophe”.
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YEMEN
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The tragedy of Yemen—the contorted, official views vs. straightforward ones (Videos)
16 minutes readPATRICE GREANVILLE—The tragedy of Yemen, under assault by the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia, with ancillary support by the usual cast of vassal nations, has become so massive that not even the US media are able to disfigure and cover up its truth entirely, although they certainly try.
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BILL VAN AUKEN—Bin Salman’s “reforms” are aimed at consolidating support among the most privileged…
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[premium_newsticker id=”154171″] PETER KOENIG—Having worked in Yemen, particularly in the Hodeida area for years,…
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STEPHEN GOWANS—This is a US-led war for empire, against an organized, militant force,…