June 7, 2017 By Dr Hakim Background Situation On 13th April, the U.S. government used the ‘Mother of All Bombs’, weighing 9800 kg, killing at least 90. On 31st May, another extremist group, perhaps soonContinue reading
Category: Middle East
Feed the Hungry, Treat the Sick: A Crucial Training – by Kathy Kelly
June 16, 2017 On June 15, 2017, the New York Times reported that the government of Saudi Arabia aims to ease the concerns of some U.S. legislators over U.S. weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. TheContinue reading
Yemeni Victims’ Names and Photos
1. Ali Al-Qawli – killed 23 January 2013 (photo attached) . 2. Salem bin Ali Jaber (Faisal’s brother-in-law) – killed August 2012 (photo attached) 3. Waleed bin Ali Jaber (Faisal’s nephew) – killed August 2012Continue reading
PRESS ADVISORY:
On Tuesday, May 9th, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. members of Voices in the Wilderness and World Beyond War will engage passers-by outside the Kluczynski Federal Building (230 S. Dearborn) in a “penny poll”Continue reading
Yemen Crisis Updates
As Saudis Threaten Port, Yemen Famine Leaves Refugee Chief “Shocked to the Bones” The Guardian reports in “Yemen hunger crisis leaves refugee chief ‘shocked to the bones’” that “One of Europe’s most experienced diplomats has said heContinue reading
In Yemen, Shocked to His Bones
May 5, 2017 The ruins carpeted the city market, rippling outwards in waves of destruction. Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters and fossilized merchandise crumbled underfoot. In one of the burnt-out shells of theContinue reading
Shut Down Creech!
Protesters target Trump’s Las Vegas hotel — VIDEO Be Careful. Watch that First Step! He said, “Kid, we only got one question: have you ever been arrested?” Arlo Guthrie, from Alice’s Restaurant We’re sitting inContinue reading
The Shame of Killing Innocent People
April 27, 2017 On April 26th, 2017, in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, the Saudi-led coalition which has been waging war in Yemen for the past two years dropped leaflets informing Hodeidah’s residents of anContinue reading
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Democracy Now! Latest from Yemen Fast and Afghanistan from Interviews with Kathy Kelly
Democracy Now! interviews Kathy Kelly on Yemen and Afghanistan. To hear her interviews please click Yemen and Afghanistan. Below are interviews and footage of the fast at the Isaiah Wall in NYC last week. Continue reading