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Britain’s role in the death & injury of Yemeni civilians
Above: typical of the destruction wrought by coalition air strikes July – December 2020 After taking the UK government to court over its arms sales to the Saudis, the latest CAAT newsletter (Issue 258 Winter 2020) recalls that in July … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, International law, Saudi Arabia., UK, UN, US government, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, Bill Nighy, CAAT, Defence, Exports, Finance, Foreign policy, G20, Government 2020, Houthi militia, Houthis, Manufacturing, Military matters, Saudi Arabia., Taxpayers' money, UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, UN Security Council, United Nations report, war crimes, warfare
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British mainstrean media downplays Britain’s role in the latest Yemeni killing
Today, the BBC reports that UN Group of Regional and International Eminent Experts on Yemen will present a report to the UN Human Rights Council next month. It says that the experts believe war crimes may have been committed by … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, International law, Pentagon, UK, UN, US, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, bomb, CNN, Corporate-political nexus, Democracy undermined, Foreign policy, Government, Military matters, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia., UN, warfare, Yemen
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For the record: BAE Chair – like Pontius Pilate – failed to clean his hands
A reader draws attention to an article in the latest CAAT magazine, which opens: “Like any company chairperson, the Chair of BAE System, Roger Carr (right), likes to use the AGM as an opportunity to celebrate the year’s achievements.” Lizzie … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Human rights, Saudi Arabia., UK, Yemen
Tagged CAAT, High Court judgment, Saudi Arabia., war crimes
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The so-called ‘forgotten war’? Forgotten by the media who profit from the guilty aggressors – but highlighted by unsuborned journalists
Yesterday, the Today programme referred to this horror as a ‘forgotten war’ – but it has never been forgotten by investigative journalists like Felicity Arbuthnot, who has written in detail about the savage air strikes carried out carried out by … Continue reading
Mayhem! what we are we doing? Adding political to military strikes.“UN, US, UK devastation, complicity and double standards”
“Arms sales above flesh and blood, terror, heartbreak and humanity, every time” These words of journalist Felicity Arbuthnot reverberated as the writer belatedly discovered Josie Ensor’s report from Istanbul that a US air strike killed nearly 60 civilians, including children, … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Syria, UK, UN, Uncategorized, US, US government, Yemen
Tagged arms exports, Felicity Arbuthnot, Josie Ensor, MP Crispin Blunt, Saudi Arabia.
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CIA-Pentagon turf war
In the last post on this site it was reported that New York Times journalist Mark Mazzetti, author of a book on drones, wrote that a number of bungled drone strikes carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) … Continue reading
“Innocent victims of drone strikes wait in vain for humanity to choose justice over lawlessness”
New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti, author of a book on drones, writes that a number of bungled drone strikes carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in Yemen led the Yemeni government to issue a temporary ban … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Armed drones, CIA, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Pakistan, Pentagon, US government, USA, Yemen
Tagged Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, Saad Rasool, Saudi Arabia., Syrian rebels, Yemeni government
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