#Yemeni Blood for #Saudi Oil

the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on the capital Sana’a and the port city of Hodeida – a key entry point for humanitarian aid – early on Saturday.

The strikes on Sana’a reportedly killed eight civilians

abcnews.go.com/International/…
UK Education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi:

"This is not something that should be taken lightly, that someone can go into a country illegally, and start bombing civilians, and feel that there is no there is no response from the global community"
Video of UK & USA backed Saudi Attack on Saana

via @LoveWorld_Peopl
Western Hi Tech - Ruined Lives

The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Australia, and Canada have all provided armaments to Saudi Arabia and assisted in the slaughter of Yemenis since the conflict began in 2015

iuvmpress.news/7-years-into-t…
SRAF F-15 fighter jets prepare to target Sanaa, Yemen

The conflict has become a regional proxy war that has killed more than 150,000 people, including over 14.500 civilians.

It also created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

english.alaraby.co.uk/news/seven-dea…
Saudi airstrikes damage UN staff housing complex

"Spokesman for Secretary-General of the UN, Stephane Dujarric, said that during the coalition
strikes on facilities in Sanaa, a residential compound for the United Nations forces was damaged"

dearborn.org/preview/the-un…
According to Stockholm Peace Research Institute:

Saudi Arabia purchased $12,653 million worth of weapons from the US between 2016 and 2020

The US accounted for 79% of all military sales to Saudi Arabia between 2016 & 2020, followed by the UK & France

sipri.org/publications/2…
War Crimes

Numerous allegations have been made that armament supplied by the US and Western nations, namely the UK, to Saudi Arabia and the UAE during the Yemen War was used in attacks that clearly constituted war crimes.

iuvmpress.news/7-years-into-t…
War Crimes Detailed with Photographs:

1. Child Victims of Saudi-Led Aggression
islamtimes.org/en/gallery/847…

2. Yemenis Children & Years of Saudi Aggression
islamtimes.org/en/gallery/839…

3. Yemen buries children killed by Saudi air strike
islamtimes.org/en/gallery/744…
4. 3.6 Million People Displaced Since 2015

islamtimes.org/en/gallery/818…
UN Report from 2016 on Saudi War Crimes in Yemen

See Annex (Page 25 onwards)

Including use of US cluster bombs on civilian targets, attacks on weddings, hospitals, children, etc

documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…

Note the US manufactured CBU-58 Cluster Bomb
Hospital Attack
The Human Catastrophe Summarised

documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
Infographic 1
Yemeni Cultural Heritage Destroyed
More Yemeni Cultural Heritage Destroyed
US Cluster Bombs in Yemen (2016)

Saudi Arabia airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Sanaa

“The coalition’s repeated use of cluster bombs in the middle of a crowded city suggests an intent to harm civilians, which is a war crime"

hrw.org/node/285057/pr…
CBU-58 Aircraft Cluster Bomb

"Loaded with 650 baseball sized bomblets containing 5-gram titanium pellets, making them incendiary & useful against flammable targets"

"optimized for soft skinned targets including personnel"

archive.ph/EbMkO

cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
History Lesson 1963-1974

Laos is the most bombed country in the world per capita, with 270 million cluster bombs dropped during the Vietnam War

80 million of these 'bombies', as they're known in Laos, failed to detonate, remaining 'live' in the ground

Back to Yemen - The Facts (January 26, 2022)

Raytheon and US military Supplies Continue

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Business as Usual (2018)

"Sadly, the discovery of U.S. munitions amongst the rubble of civilian markets, homes, hospitals and hotels has been a constant throughout Yemen’s devastating war, now well into its fourth year"

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Hospital Attacks (2016) with US supplied Bombs

Evidence indicates US-made Paveway-series aerial bomb was used in attack on MSF hospital

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Backgrounder on Yemen Conflict (2020)

AI documented the Coalition’s use of 6 different types of US, UK & Brazilian cluster munitions

Imprecise weapons are used daily in residential areas, causing civilian casualties violating the laws of war

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
August 2019 - Air Strike in Warzan

"We buried them the same day because they had turned into severed limbs. There were no corpses left to examine. The flesh of this person was mixed with that person"

A family member of victims of an air strike told Al in August 2019
“Despite the slew of evidence that the Saudi led coalition has time and again committed war crimes, the US and other arms-supplying countries such as the UK & France remain unmoved by the pain & chaos their arms are wreaking on the civilian population”

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Some Headlines - 2016

'UK military personnel are not directly involved in Saudi-led Coalition operations, we are offering Saudi Arabia advice and training on best practice targeting techniques,' says Ministry of Defence

independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
Some Headlines - 2019

The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said

reuters.com/article/uk-yem…
Some Headlines - 2020

"The US & the UK should be held legally accountable for actions that occurred in Yemen. These actions have met the legal threshold to constitute war crimes"

adhrb.org/2020/11/dispat…
The international community should ensure US & UK stop sending weapons that are causing immense civilian suffering

An international investigation should be launched into the accountability of the US & the UK for violations of international law in Yemen

adhrb.org/2020/11/dispat…
More Headlines - 2022

"For seven years, the Yemeni people have been pummelled with Saudi bombs, many from Britain. Yet Westminster is silent"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
British weapons are doing much of the killing.

"Every day Yemen is hit by British bombs – dropped by British planes that are flown by British-trained pilots & maintained & prepared inside Saudi Arabia by thousands of British contractors"

theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
BAE Systems (UK)

BAE systems has sold £17.6bn worth of arms and military services to the Saudi dictatorship since 2015, while the company has 6,700 members of staff posted in Saudi Arabia
Facts from @CAATuk

The War on Yemeni Civilians

caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
These are the Facts

1. UK Arms to Saudi Arabia
caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
2. Saudi-led coalition air raids on civilian targets
caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
3. UK weapons central role in the war in Yemen
caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
4. UK-made cluster bombs in Yemen
caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
UK & US Companies Involved

BAE Systems, MBDA, Raytheon, Leonardo, Hidden Technology, Rolls Royce, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics

More than 80 companies, at 350 locations in the UK, have applied to export military equipment to Saudi Arabia

caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-…
Details Here via @CAATuk

A Big List!

caat.org.uk/data/companies/
Seeking Accountability in Yemen

An investigation would not only implicate Riyadh, but also its backers, such as the US, in war crimes

Saudi Arabia has waged a diplomatic campaign to thwart efforts to set up an international inquiry

archive.ph/ld6IQ
War crimes in Yemen:

Is Europe’s arms industry complicit? Yes!

reliefweb.int/report/yemen/w…

Accountability for war crimes in Yemen

European arms exporters’ responsibility is a case for the International Criminal Court

ecchr.eu/fileadmin/Q_As…
Made in Europe, bombed in Yemen:

How the ICC could tackle the responsibility of arms exporters and government officials

ecchr.eu/fileadmin/Fall…
The Data on the Yemen Air Strikes

yemendataproject.org/data.html

The dataset lists the date of incident, geographical location, type of target, target category and sub-category, and, where known, time of day.

Csv file:

yemendataproject.org/onewebmedia/Ye…
European responsibility for war crimes in Yemen:

Complicity of RWM Italia & Italian arms export authority

ecchr.eu/fileadmin/Fall…
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen (UN)

Warning: 283 Pages with Photos

securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BF…
"The ICC must investigate arms company executives linked to Yemen war crimes allegations"

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Hiding Behind the Coca Cola Coalition ;)

Failure to Credibly Investigate and Provide Redress
for Unlawful Attacks in Yemen

hrw.org/sites/default/…
2,555 Days of Conflict and Counting -

Now into their Eighth Year of War, 19 million Yemenis, including 2.2 million children under the age of five, will be facing hunger

reliefweb.int/report/yemen/2…
No Place is Safe in Yemen

The impact of seven years of conflict on children in Yemen

savethechildren.net/news/yemen-sev…
Summary (24 March 2022)

Escalating death, destitution and destruction as Yemeni civilians left to bear brunt of 7-year war

oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
March 26, 2022
The #Houthi Statement After the #Saudi Air Strikes on #Sanaa & #Hudaydah via @Ibra_trans
UK Personnel Supporting the Saudi Armed Forces

Named and Shamed

mikelewisresearch.com/RSAFfinal.pdf
Britain's Hidden War: Channel 4 Dispatches

channel4.com/press/news/bri…

Video:

channel4.com/programmes/bri…

Note Comment by Leon Panetta (CIA)
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC99…

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