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Airstrikes By U.S. Ally Have Killed 500 Children Since March
By SM Gibson of Antimedia
One of the United States’ strongest allies is currently inflicting as much carnage as any other nation in the world. Instead of being vilified for their part in a staggering amount of human rights atrocities, the critics go mute and the bloodshed is rewarded. The news regarding Saudi Arabia this week is too abundant to include in any one headline.
According to UNICEF, the ongoing attacks by a U.S.-backed, Saudi Arabian-led coalition in Yemen have resulted in the deaths of at least 505 children since March 26, 2015. Another 710 have been left injured, and 1.7 million are at risk of malnutrition. As Daniel Johnson with the U.N. pointed out, the grievous numbers are equivalent to eight children killed or maimed in Yemen every day for six months.
On Monday, a missile from a Saudi-led airstrike struck a Yemeni wedding reception in the village of Al-Wahijah, located near the Red Sea. The explosion resulted in 131 deaths, and the incident is being labeled as one of the deadliest attacks on civilians during the six-month conflict.
In total, there have been 7,217 civilian casualties, including 2,355 killed and 4,862 wounded in the six months since the fighting began, according to the United Nations.
Despite these statistics, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia — while addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday evening — had the audacity to scold the international community’s inability to end the bloodshed in Syria. Abdel Ahmed Al-Jubeir hypocritically stated that the world has been “unable to save the Syrian people from the killing machine that is being operated by Bashar al-Assad.”
It gets worse.
Last month, it was announced that Saudi Arabia would head the U.N. Human Rights Council (yes, you read that correctly) — a decision that mirrors unfathomable satire. According to cables released by Wikileaks, Saudi Arabia — along with their despicable human rights record — originally made their way on to the council under very questionable circumstances in 2013. The cables allege that a vote-trading deal was made in secret between Britain and Saudi Arabia to ensure both countries were elected to the council.
Days prior to the announcement that Saudi Arabia would head the UNHRC, the Saudi regime released their decision to deny the final appeal of 20-year-old Ali Mohammed al-Nimr. Aged 17 at the time of his arrest, the pro-democracy activist will be executed for taking part in an anti-government protest in 2012. Despite pleas from human rights organizations around the globe, it has been ruled that the young man will be put to death by way of crucifixion any day now.
Even the U.N. has called for the Saudis to halt the execution. Yes, the same U.N. whose Human Rights Council they now head.
So far in 2015, Saudi Arabia has executed at least 134 people, according to Amnesty International — most of those by beheading.
“It is scandalous that the UN chose a country that has beheaded more people this year than ISIS to be head of a key human rights panel,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. “Petro-dollars and politics have trumped human rights.”
A number of U.S. politicians have recently been asked to weigh-in on Saudi Arabia and their obvious penchant for barbarity by journalist Lee Fang, from The Intercept.
“They may be bombing civilians, which is actually not true,” Senator John McCain said when asked about civilian casualties in Yemen.
“Civilians aren’t dying?” Fang asked.
“No, they’re not,” the senator replied. “Oh, I’m sure civilians die in war. Not nearly as many as the Houthis have executed.”
Fang also approached Sen. Chris Coons, (D-Del) and asked him to comment on the Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen.
“As the co-founder of the Human Rights Caucus in the Senate, I do think we need to pay attention to human rights all over the world, regardless of where human rights violations arise,” Coons said.
When the Fang pressed the senator to elaborate on Saudi Arabia specifically, Coons immediately ended the conversation.
“Coons ignored me and continued walking into the building, even though a staff member accompanying him had just informed the senator that he had “plenty of time” before his speech. The staff member offered to exchange contact information for a lengthier comment later. I emailed and did not hear back,” according to Fang.
In case you are left pondering why you hear corporate news outlets harp on about the incivilities of numerous Middle Eastern nations ad nauseum (while the brutalities carried out by Saudi Arabia are never uttered), it is worth mentioning — coincidental or not — that the 2nd largest stockholder in Fox News (21st Century Fox) is a man by the name of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. The prince, who just so happens to be a member of the Saudi royal family, is also a prominent stockholder in Citigroup and Twitter.
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The mainstream media in the land of the free has whitewashed this murder. Only Putin got blame for killing civilians before Russian jets had left the ground in Syria.
Is there a more corrupt, criminal, cruel cabal than the one that rules Saudi Arabia, our good and trusted friend?
Yemen: A war crime made in Americahttp://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/09/21/pers-s21.html
yep
Yemen: A war crime made in America
While these bloody attacks were carried out by jets belonging to Middle East monarchies fronted by Saudi Arabia, the responsibility ultimately lies with the Obama administration. The atrocities carried out by the Saudi monarchy and its allies would not be possible without the backing of the American government and military.
President Obama welcomed Saudi King Salman to the White House with open arms earlier this month, even as Saudi war planes were slaughtering and terrorizing men, women and children throughout Yemen. A billion dollar deal was announced to replenish the kingdom’s stockpile of bombs. The US government has provided billions of dollars worth of weapons and military equipment, assisting Saudi Arabia in developing one of the largest and most advanced militaries in the Middle East.
The entire assault is being overseen from a joint operations center in Saudi Arabia staffed by dozens of American military advisors. American drone operators are providing live video streams of potential air strike targets, while American advisors give their stamp of approval.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/09/21/pers-s21.html
6 companies own 95% of the world's media
Truth? Poof. It's gone
"I call on ZH ...to... to.... to... not report factoids out of context so as to cast the indispensable nation and its infallible government (and me, defender of human rights) in a negative light. This makes ISIS only stronger."
Samantha Power
How else can you get the other side to pick up guns and fight against you unless you off some innocent children.
Can't have a war with only one willing side
Is there a more corrupt, criminal, cruel cabal than the one that rules Saudi Arabia, our good and trusted friend?
"Nope"!
Lets see.
Saudi Arabia where women aren't allowed to drive
Where women have to be dressed in head to toe black
Where they behead people on a daily basis for even the smallest of infractions.
Vs
Iran
Where women dress in modern clothing and drive cars.
Where they actually run businesses and tell the men what to do.
Where Jews are in Iranian Parliament and over 25 synagogues in Tehran .
So who does the USA cozy up to??
Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the the American military advisers involved? Why is there no responsibility even when he's informed?
Nobody wants to read this shit. It is all one big party on Saturday afternoon with college football. People probably feel worse about their college's group of thugs losing than children getting bombed on the other side of the world.
That mother of Kuzka is coming for you.
saudi arabia and the usa are the two biggest terrorists on the planet
USA/UK/Israel/Saudi
The real AXIS of EVIL
Keep driving 20 mpg SUVs folks! The Saudis have to get money from somehwere to pay for this miltary campaign ...
My bet is that The House of Saud will be butchered and feral dogs will eat their carcass before this is over.
that would be funny
It would be funnier if they were fed to the pigs.
My dream of what should happen to Israelis
Elijah Denounces Ahab and Jezebel
…18"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down to take possession of it. 19"You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" 20Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
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http://biblehub.com/1_kings/21-19.htm
And
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights lolhas stated that Rusians have killed 39 civilians in Syria.... Except this group is one man sitting with his lap top in his home in the UK making shit up for the MSM to quote.
Can't say I have a lot of respect for the Saud. The fear that they feel must be awful.
We need TRUMP in office now. We are on the brink of WW3 and our leaders seem to be pushing for it. Why? You sure don't see any of this on the Main Stream Media. I guarantee TPTB fucking HATE ZeroHedge...no wonder the Tylers are anonymous. Hey Tylers.....stay away from Home Depot and the Nail Gun section. Appreciate this site.
Trump will not be elected to office, ever, give it a drink.
Hey it's cool though...
Samantha Power and Winter Soldier "horse face" say they paid top dollar to own the seat for the human rights commission at the UN!!!
Freedom. Get some!
Madeleine Albright says it's worth it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnskeu-puE
My link didn't work.
http://youtu.be/RM0uvgHKZe8
The faces have changed but the attitude remains the same.
All Shia stay north of the Persian gulf .... and east of the Euphrates .... until further notice .... and don't go to Mecca for the Hajj .... you're not welcome ?
Isolate the "Iranian Shia Isodopes" .... then give them the "anti-Zion" genocide treatment .... all Shia are blasphemers and infidels .... Saudis prefer Jews .... over Shias ?
Freedumbs and demoncracy, yes...yes...That fuse has almost reached the tnt.
I read these stories and think about the US Navy propaganda they blast during NFL games..."A Global force for good" Lol
A global force for good ''as long as everyone kisses your ass'' otherewise you are the enemy
why is zerohedge posting this...............i have to get back to sobbing for the ten fuckers killed in the last US school shooting...................BBWWWWAAAHAHAHAHA
But no gun control for the Saudis, eh?
YEN ... wedding party insurance ... jus sayin
Putin Tells Everyone Exactly Who Created ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQuceU3x2Ww
Thank dawg we've got pootie as a source of absolute truth!
He's far better at it than Hitler or Stalin ... and no silly mustaches either with your bowel of truth-flakes.
Snake pit. Saudis compaining about civilian deaths when they are beheding children in the public square suggest one thing; your morality is a toy to them.
NeoCon headline, they killed 505 junior members of Al Qaeda.
someone should take away the presidents guns, he prosletyzes the shooting in Oregon then he goes back to bombing wedding parties in the ME.
Zionists feeding Moloch.
The younger, the better.
Putin Tells Everyone Exactly Who Created ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQuceU3x2Ww
"One of the United States’ strongest allies...."
Bullshit.
I had to stop reading right there...
Lets see.
Saudi Arabia where women aren't allowed to drive
Where women have to be dressed in head to toe black
Where they behead people on a daily basis for even the smallest of infractions.
Vs
Iran
Where women dress in modern clothing and drive cars.
Where they actually run businesses and tell the men what to do.
Where Jews are in Iranian Parliament and over 25 synagogues in Tehran .
So who does the USA cozy up to??
who ever is more corruptible. remember,
there are no principles or morals by which the psychopath
be compelled; not even self interest when the
game has run out this far. again, it is the
"money" system and adherence to the psychopathic
demands of the initially corrupt delusion.
I guess the Saudi's bravado increased exponentially after getting away scott free 911.
Who's to stop them?
Yeah I believed that shit for a while with Michael Moore's propaganda video designed to deflect completely away from who the real culprits were on that day.
ps check out who Moore's agent is and the jigsaw comes together just a little bit more.
takes drink of beer and slice of pizza.....
MOAR MOAR death!! MOAR MOAR
Also, please, some video ....
500 dead children
Israelis and lowlife Americunts ..cheer at that. (you know who you are).
Not all Americans approve of the bullshit. Most have no clue and others are simply deceived by the Jewish Media propaganda. Put the blame where it belongs and that's on the Jewish Apartheid reigning in America.
Russia/Iran/China should make ''no fly zone'' from southern Lebanese border. the Golan Heights all the way up to Turkish border.
We are Exceptional!!
Go USA!
We #1!
We B 4 Democracy!
We love Freedom!
We are Strong because we are Diverse!
Seriously. We are fucked because we are under a demonic degenerate Marxist Jewish Apartheid and we no longer even remotely resemble the greate America that my founding fathers gave us but we are now a putrid pile of Jewish shit!
Don`t you just hate Putin for killing innocent non-combatants residing in ISIL bases; and don`t you just love the USA and its allies who do their very best to avoid collateral damage while bombing towns containing nasty and dangerous civilians.
Why is this being reported only by the "antimedia"? MSM only talks about the horrible Russians... though they couldn't keep silent about the Afghani hospital atrocity - that one was too big to hide...
"Stuff happens"
A Nobel Peace Prize laureate who bombs children, Havud law professor who rapes the Constitution. You fooled them all Barry. Fucking maggot.
How to spot troll, and knows their tactics.
http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm
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One of the tactics? Fishing for your emotion. And when you falls for this tactics? They wins. Cause they would present you as a bitter anger human, that no people should pay attention to your arguments.
Don't fall to their trap..
I have lost a wife, and I have lost a child (thirty years apart).The experience of each is very different, but both leave you profoundly changed. Attempting to quantify the totality of grief resulting from the ravage of innocence (and I might remind you there are none more innocent amongst us than the unborn) is of course impossible. But I will suggest this...
The world is accumulating a debt of epic proportion... a butchers bill if you will... one that is about to come due...