Stuck in Yemen: A Personal History By Casey L. Coombs

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https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/04/stuck-yemen-personal-history/

“You will not be traveling tomorrow.”

That was the last message I received, a week ago, from the International Organization of Migration, which is supposed to be helping Americans get out of Yemen.

I was scheduled to leave Sanaa the following day, but I had my doubts. There have been many times I was supposed to leave Yemen: two days ago, a week ago, two weeks ago, and so on. It never happens.

Like the hundreds — and possibly thousands — of other American citizens stuck in Yemen, I’ve been trying to leave since the Saudi-led air campaign started last month, compounding an already chaotic situation that resulted from the collapse of Yemen’s government in January...


FIRST HAND LOOK AT LIFE OF AN AMERICAN ABANDONED BY HIS GOVERNMENT AND BOMBED BY OUR SAUDI "ALLIES".