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UNAC Condemns the US/UK bombing of Yemen
1/18/24
The recent attacks on Yemen by the United States and Britain are
simply another intervention on the part of these two imperialist
countries in support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The US and
Britain could stop the genocide simply by demanding that Israel end the
killing and by withdrawing their military and financial support for
Israel. But Palestinian lives are less important to the US and the
UK than making sure shipping can continue through the Suez Canal
unimpeded with no loss of profit. Commerce and profit are put before
people - again.
Massive protest in Yemen
against US-UK bombing
To be clear, the bombing of Yemen did not start in reaction to the
attempts by Ansar Allah (the Houthis) to aid the Palestinians by stopping
ships headed to Israel, it has been going on for years. The US and
the UK have attacked Yemen since 2014 through their proxy - Saudi
Arabia. It was US bombs from US planes that the Saudis dropped
on Yemen. The US provided logistical support and helped block the ports
causing hunger among the Yemeni population. Of course, this war
crime, starvation of the civilian population, is the same as that being
used by Israel as it tries to starve the people of Gaza.
The war against Yemen waged by the US through their proxy, the
Saudi-led coalition was ended when China helped negotiate a rapprochement
between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which led to the ending of the war in
Yemen, against the wishes of the US and the UK.
The attacks on Yemen are a step in the direction of spreading the
US/Israeli war against the Palestinians to the entire region. A regional
war could aid Israel, which is finding a stiffer resistance in Gaza than
they anticipated and whose genocidal policies have been exposed to the
world as never before. A regional war that may involve the US would
take a lot of heat off of Netanyahu, and some of
the focus away from the genocide. More war seems to be the strategy
of the US everywhere.
UNAC demands:
Stop the bombing of Yemen!
End all aid to Israel!
Free Palestine!
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