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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith US Help, Saudi Arabia Is Obliterating Yemen
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35970-with-us-help-saudi-arabia-is-obliterating-yemenThe al-Sanabani home sits on the crest of a small hill overlooking this village some 90 miles south of the capital, where low-slung houses are clustered near plots of yellowed farmland that are dotted by small trees. In the near horizon, reddish-brown mountains loom over the landscape. On any given day, its a beautiful place.
It was Oct. 7. Ayman and two of his brothers were all getting married in a joint ceremony. Hundreds of relatives and neighbors had come to take part. Their three-story house was brightly decorated. Colored lights draped down from the roof toward two large tents, which were erected to accommodate the vast numbers of guests. Children scampered outside, shooting fireworks into the night sky.
Fighter jets roared overhead but the guests paid little attention to the menacing sounds. Sanaban had never been targeted before. It was considered a safe place.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m., the three grooms 22-year-old Abdel Rahman, 24-year-old Ayman, and 25-year-old Moayad greeted their brides, who had just arrived in a large convoy from a nearby village.
Ayman left the bedroom where his new wife was sitting with her friends. He was climbing up to the second floor landing with his older brother when the missile struck. It was a direct hit, demolishing half the house in an instant. Gas tanks ignited, sending fire blazing through the rest of it. The air quickly filled with black smoke, dust, and screams. The women trapped indoors jumped out of windows to escape.
Ayman was blown across the hallway and hurled down the stairwell. He pulled himself up amid the chaos and tried to help others evacuate.
He would eventually find out, one by one, that his 18-year-old wife, Gamila; his younger brother, Abdel Rahman; his younger sister, Iman; his father, Mohamed; and his mother, Faiza, were all killed. They were among his 16 family members who died that night, including aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces.
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With US Help, Saudi Arabia Is Obliterating Yemen (Original Post)
eridani
Mar 2016
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PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)1. And WHY????? We're not at war with Yemen. What gives us the right
to blow people away indiscriminately like this? Because we can?
I think not.
But more importantly, what is Ayman doing these days?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)2. War Crimes We Support
This is being done in our name. People better not feel comfortable with this. We keep creating more terrorists just to support corporate profits.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)3. Saudi (Sunni Islam) is fighting for influence with Iranian (Shia Islam)
As far as the wahabbists are concerned the Shia are the real enemy. IS don't figure.
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)4. ISIS gaining ground in Yemen, competing with al Qaeda
This is who we're helping
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/isis-gaining-ground-in-yemen/
In some cases ISIS are fighting alongside SA and we're feeding SA weapons and intelligence and targeting info. The same goes for al Qaeda in Yemen.
We are 100% helping both terror groups in Yemen.