Senate Rejects Ending US Support for Saudi Aggression in Yemen
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By Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Bush/Cheney began terror-bombing Yemen post-9/11, waging drone warfare – on the phony pretext of combating al-Qaeda Washington created and supports.
In cahoots with Riyadh, Obama escalated what they began, further escalated by Trump allied with Saudi aggression.
Already the region’s poorest country, years of war caused the world’s severest humanitarian crisis, over 80% of Yemenis dependent on way inadequate amounts of aid to survive.
US-backed Saudi air, sea and land blockades prevent enough essentials to life from entering the country.
Countless numbers of Yemenis perished from war, related violence, untreated diseases, malnutrition and starvation.
Official UN figures way understate the toll from years of war, blockade and dep...