Media Silent as US Aids Saudi Arabia in Bombing Children So They Can ‘Build Oil Port’ in Yemen

Media Silent as US Aids Saudi Arabia in Bombing Children So They Can ‘Build Oil Port’ in Yemen
Pipeline plans and a proxy war with Iran could be motivating factors in the America's continued support of genocide in Yemen. By John Vibes - August 22, 2018

This week, the mainstream media has finally started to report on the growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, after the details of a school bus bombing carried out by US forces and their allies went viral online. At least 43 people were killed in the attack, with the majority of the victims being under the age of 10. An additional 63 people were wounded in the attack as well.

There is a great deal of confusion about what it is taking place in Yemen, and much of this is by the intentional design of the US military industrial complex and their lapdog mainstream media. Since early 2015, a coalition consisting of forces from the US, Saudi Arabia, and UAE have been bombing Yemen on a regular basis, and have worked together to set up a blockade that has cut the country off from the world, causing mass starvation and disease.

Despite the fact that the US government is the most powerful player in the coalition who is providing all of the weapons and intelligence, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have taken the brunt of the blame in western mainstream media, allowing war crimes to go unnoticed by the majority of the world for years.

This week, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy announced that he would be making an amendment to the 2019 Defense Appropriations bill which would attempt to would cut off United States’ support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war in Yemen. Although, President Trump has said that he would disregard congressional restrictions in the defense bill that were related to the war in Yemen.

“Last week the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen bombed a school bus, killing 44 innocent kids. And they did it with U.S. supplied bombs, intelligence support and mid-air refueling,” Murphy Tweeted.

1/ Last week the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen bombed a school bus, killing 44 innocent kids. And they did it with U.S. supplied bombs, intelligence support and mid-air refueling. https://t.co/EQtyvUpWMx

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 17, 2018

Sadly, the conquest of Yemen seems to be something that this attacking coalition is not willing to take off the table, and there are a number of possibilities as to why they are so determined. Thus far, the most popular explanation has been that the US and Saudi Arabia were both threatened by the attempted Houthi takeover of the Yemeni government which began in 2014.

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