{"id":151332,"date":"2015-05-15T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=6932938aa54b5ae17eeffad3b67ffb4d"},"modified":"2015-05-15T20:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:42:20","slug":"us-strategy-bombing-yemen-back-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/us-strategy-bombing-yemen-back-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"US Strategy: Bombing Yemen Back to the 19th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Stephen Lendman<\/p>\n

(RINF<\/a>) – On March 26, US-orchestrated\/Saudi-led terror-bombing began – supplemented by imported takfiri death squad attacks.<\/p>\n

Civilians are prime targets. Obama is systematically destroying Yemen – the way Washington ravaged Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria.<\/p>\n

US strategy is total dirty war without mercy – including deliberately targeting civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, power facilities, refugee camps, food depositories, vital infrastructure and other nonmilitary targets.<\/p>\n

Riyadh’s so-called 5-day ceasefire (beginning Tuesday) continues being punctuated by terror-bombings and ground attacks.<\/p>\n

According to Shiite News, Houthi Ansarullah Brig. General Sharaf Luqman warned against further violations. Saying they’ll be met with strong “determination.”<\/p>\n

“We the armed forces, and the popular committees, and Ansarullah, announce our commitment to this ceasefire,” Luqman stressed.<\/p>\n

Minutes after it began, “acts of aggression after aggression” followed.<\/p>\n

“Right now you (can hear) the anti-aircraft firing and the Saudi firing in the sky over the capital (Sanaa) and in all of the provinces,” Luqman explained.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a Saudi helicopter gunship struck a truck in northern Yemen, killing nine people.<\/p>\n

Riyadh, complicit with Washington, willfully breached ceasefire terms. Ansarullah fighters are blamed for their crimes.<\/p>\n

In normal times, Yemenis endure enormous hardships. Now they’re catastrophic.<\/p>\n

On orders from Washington, Yemen is being terror-bombed to rubble. It’s economy is being systematically destroyed.<\/p>\n

The Middle East Eye (MEE) is a UK-based independent online news service. It calls its agenda “led by events, not political leanings.”<\/p>\n

It published a new report on Yemeni crisis conditions titled “Paint thinner and donkey carts: Resource scarcity in war-torn Yemen.”<\/p>\n

Saying Yemenis seek alternative ways to survive. They’re “(u)sing phone lines to power lamps, paint-thinner to run motorbikes, and donkey carts” for transportation.<\/p>\n

Power cuts, food and water shortages, as well as lack of fuel and medical supplies create horrific conditions.<\/p>\n

Survival depends on improvising any way possible. “Majed al-Sharjabi, a 42-year-old doctor, had been using petrol to run a generator in his home until the coalition\u2019s naval blockade, which prevents fuel ships from docking, sent petrol prices soaring,” said MEE.<\/p>\n

He switched to propane until its price tripled. He gave up his generator and bought a Chinese-made solar panel.<\/p>\n

It’s “not the best but it works for me,” he said. “I can charge my computer and the cell phones of my neighbors.”<\/p>\n

“If it’s a bright day, I can power the television for an hour and find out about how much of my country has been destroyed.”<\/p>\n

Nasri Abobaker uses a 1.5 volt battery to charge his phone. It cost $1. He built an adapter, he said. “Now I can power one lamp from it and it’s free.”<\/p>\n

Ayman al-Dhobhani earns $9 a day transporting people around Sanaa. He can’t afford fuel. He uses paint thinner instead.<\/p>\n

In the last week, the price of 1.5 liters of paint thinner quadrupled – from $2 to $8.<\/p>\n

Cooking gas is unavailable. Um Naif, a mother of three, uses cardboard and firewood – “foraged from trees and garbage around her house.”<\/p>\n

“Time has toughened us,” she said. Life is hard for all Yemenis. Hani Bakhtan can’t afford propane.<\/p>\n

She uses an improvised stove metal bucket “crammed with sawdust and overlaid with clay.” One bottle of sawdust cost $5 and lasts a week, she said.<\/p>\n

Aid organizations use donkeys to distribute supplies. National center for freedoms and development manager Salah al-Homaidi said “(w)e’re going back a century” – maybe two before Obama’s aggression ends.<\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.
\nStephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Strategy: Bombing Yemen Back to the 19th Century<\/b><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
On March 26, US-orchestrated\/Saudi-led terror-bombing began – supplemented by imported takfiri death squad attacks.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Civilians are prime targets. Obama is systematically destroying Yemen – the way Washington ravaged Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
US strategy is total dirty war without mercy – including deliberately targeting civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, power facilities, refugee camps, food depositories, vital infrastructure and other nonmilitary targets.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Riyadh’s so-called 5-day ceasefire (beginning Tuesday) continues being punctuated by terror-bombings and ground attacks.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
According to Shiite News<\/span><\/a>, Houthi Ansarullah Brig. General Sharaf Luqman warned against further violations. Saying they’ll be met with strong “determination.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“We the armed forces, and the popular committees, and Ansarullah, announce our commitment to this ceasefire,” Luqman stressed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Minutes after it began, “acts of aggression after aggression” followed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Right now you (can hear) the anti-aircraft firing and the Saudi firing in the sky over the capital (Sanaa) and in all of the provinces,” Luqman explained.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
On Thursday, a Saudi helicopter gunship struck a truck in northern Yemen, killing nine people.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Riyadh, complicit with Washington, willfully breached ceasefire terms. Ansarullah fighters are blamed for their crimes.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
In normal times, Yemenis endure enormous hardships. Now they’re catastrophic.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
On orders from Washington, Yemen is being terror-bombed to rubble. It’s economy is being systematically destroyed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Middle East Eye (MEE) is a UK-based independent online news service. It calls its agenda “led by events, not political leanings.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It published a new report<\/span><\/a> on Yemeni crisis conditions titled “Paint thinner and donkey carts: Resource scarcity in war-torn Yemen.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Saying Yemenis seek alternative ways to survive. They’re “(u)sing phone lines to power lamps, paint-thinner to run motorbikes, and donkey carts” for transportation.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Power cuts, food and water shortages, as well as lack of fuel and medical supplies create horrific conditions. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Survival depends on improvising any way possible. “Majed al-Sharjabi, a 42-year-old doctor, had been using petrol to run a generator in his home until the coalition’s naval blockade, which prevents fuel ships from docking, sent petrol prices soaring,” said MEE.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He switched to propane until its price tripled. He gave up his generator and bought a Chinese-made solar panel.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It’s “not the best but it works for me,” he said. “I can charge my computer and the cell phones of my neighbors.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“If it’s a bright day, I can power the television for an hour and find out about how much of my country has been destroyed.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Nasri Abobaker uses a 1.5 volt battery to charge his phone. It cost $1. He built an adapter, he said. “Now I can power one lamp from it and it’s free.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Ayman al-Dhobhani earns $9 a day transporting people around Sanaa. He can’t afford fuel. He uses paint thinner instead.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
In the last week, the price of 1.5 liters of paint thinner quadrupled – from $2 to $8.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Cooking gas is unavailable. Um Naif, a mother of three, uses cardboard and firewood – “foraged from trees and garbage around her house.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
“Time has toughened us,” she said. Life is hard for all Yemenis. Hani Bakhtan can’t afford propane.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
She uses an improvised stove metal bucket “crammed with sawdust and overlaid with clay.” One bottle of sawdust cost $5 and lasts a week, she said.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Aid organizations use donkeys to distribute supplies. National center for freedoms and development manager Salah al-Homaidi said “(w)e’re going back a century” – maybe two before Obama’s aggression ends.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1217,"featured_media":151373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}