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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:05 PM Nov 2018

Children In Yemen Are Starving To Death

I know most of you know this, I just want to keep the awareness going.
And who are the ones responsible in a large part for this…The Saudis and the biggest supporters of the Saudis are …US/us

“Children dying of starvation in Yemen's conflict

This video contains distressing scenes from the start.

The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war.

This BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016, and shows some of the suffering endured by children in the country.“

Video at link…
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-37423263/children-dying-of-starvation-in-yemen-s-conflict

“More than five million children risk famine in war-torn Yemen as food and fuel prices soar, Save the Children said Wednesday, warning an entire generation may face death and "starvation on an unprecedented scale".

“The three-year conflict between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and Huthi rebels linked to Iran has pushed the already impoverished country to the brink of famine, leaving many unable to afford food and water.”

"his war risks killing an entire generation of Yemen's children who face multiple threats, from bombs to hunger to preventable diseases like cholera."

“The World Food Programme last year warned that food had become a "weapon of war" in Yemen, where fighting, cholera and looming famine have created what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/19/five-million-children-yemen-risk-starving-death-food-fuel-prices/

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Children In Yemen Are Starving To Death (Original Post) Me. Nov 2018 OP
Exactly, don't let the administration off the hook. BeckyDem Nov 2018 #1
Children and adults are starving in Yemen! KCDebbie Nov 2018 #2
You Are Quite Right Me. Nov 2018 #6
I feel so helpless about this. Tavarious Jackson Nov 2018 #3
Please donate to the UNHCR, Mercy Corp, or Doctors sinkingfeeling Nov 2018 #4
Thank You Me. Nov 2018 #7
K&R for exposure Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #5

Docreed2003

(16,847 posts)
5. K&R for exposure
Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:29 PM
Nov 2018

We, here on DU, may be disgusted and outraged by this, but we need to expose what our tax dollars are financing and what that "precious Saudi relationship" really means!

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