Saudis Targeting Civilians In Yemen

[Gromit]

The United Nations are concerned that the Saudi led military intervent in Yemen is deliberately targeting the civilian population. And as the situation descends into civil war, a by now familiar scenario where the Saudi financed and fellow wahhabi nutcases, ISIS have now extended into Yemen, exploding a huge car bomb in a crowded market place.

// According to the latest United Nations estimate, at least 1,916 civilians have been killed in Yemen since 26 March 2015 as a result of the fighting between the Saudi- led coalition, the Houthis, and their respective allies. While both parties are responsible for the deaths of civilians, the majority have reportedly been killed as a result of air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition.

Since March of this year, 207 civilian installations have been partially or completely destroyed, including hospitals, schools, places of worship and private homes. //

Fulfilling our Responsibility to Protect in Yemen - 14 August 2015

By Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect

Why do we continue to support Saudi Arabia? Why are we not condemning and urging sanctions on them? Why do we tolerate their support of International Terrorism?

[Gromit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33263656

[sandyRoe]

he Americans see them as useful allies in limiting the spread of Iranian influence in the area. Their oil, and the money that comes from it, helps lubricate their passage into polite political society.

[sandyRoe]

The, not he, there ^

[anotheoldgit]

Waits for the heart wrenching photo, so as to alert those asking for us to take in even more refugees.

Oh wait a minute the BBC have provided a selection, now there's a surprise.

[anotheoldgit]

It is war, many thousands of civilians on all sides were killed then, and hospitals, schools, places of worship and private homes.were also destroyed.

[Gromit]

// It is war, many thousands of civilians on all sides were killed then, and hospitals, schools, places of worship and private homes.were also destroyed. //

Er, what are you on about? I was complaining of the Saudis doing just that, are you agreeing with me, or is that just a communication fail?