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Yemen as Laboratory: Why is the West So Silent About This Savage War?
Mundy, Martha
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/23/yemen-as-laboratory-why-is-the-west-so-silent-about-this-savage-war/Date Written: 2015-09-23 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18007 What is at stake in Yemen that far more systematic violations of the Geneva Conventions than in any of the recent wars which Western powers have supported in the Arab world (Iraq, Syria, Libya and Gaza) are met with resounding silence? For six months there has been a blockade of food and fuel, and management of aid (even that through the UN) as part of war strategy, bombing of civilian, historical, educational, religious and medical targets, destruction of infrastructure from roads to electricity and water, and use of prohibited weapons. Subject Headings |