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How Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen has made al Qaeda stronger – and richer
Topic Started: Apr 8 2016, 07:33 AM (1,220 Views)
George Aligator
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Oh please...The USA would sell Saudi Arabia nuclear weapons if Saudi Arabia requested some............ :biggrin:

This is opinion masquerading as fact. True, Trump has made positive noises about Japan acquiring nukes, but he has no chance of getting his way and KSA would be the last name on the customer list in any event. A nuclear war between KSA and Israel would perhps solve the on-going dilemma of the Jewish state in the heart of Arabia, but not in a way that would benefit US interests.

The history of US arms sales to KSA is long and torturous. More frequently, we have supplied arms to other nations (Egypt, Jordan etc.) while KSA has paid the bills.
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George Aligator
Jun 18 2016, 10:23 AM
Oh please...The USA would sell Saudi Arabia nuclear weapons if Saudi Arabia requested some............ :biggrin:

This is opinion masquerading as fact. True, Trump has made positive noises about Japan acquiring nukes, but he has no chance of getting his way and KSA would be the last name on the customer list in any event. A nuclear war between KSA and Israel would perhps solve the on-going dilemma of the Jewish state in the heart of Arabia, but not in a way that would benefit US interests.

The history of US arms sales to KSA is long and torturous. More frequently, we have supplied arms to other nations (Egypt, Jordan etc.) while KSA has paid the bills.
I believe it is Obama who has set the precedent of ruling by increasing executive decrees...Trump as CiC of our military and their arsenal could issue weapons by executive decree, don't you think ???....I doubt that he will issue weapons to "moderate rebels"....It is up to the UN to prove where the weapons came from............... :dunno:
Edited by Robert Stout, Jun 18 2016, 03:35 PM.
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George Aligator
Jun 8 2016, 06:51 PM
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Jun 8 2016, 05:23 PM
George Aligator
Jun 8 2016, 05:21 PM

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Only because the US gold backed Dollar ended and the creation of Perto/Dollar (Oil had to traded using only US dollars)

This is ending btw. US dollar is losing it's World Reserve status.
Our relatively strong dollar is dragging down our exports and slowing job creation in the USA. We need a cheaper dollar and at least 5% inflation to get our annual growth up to the point where we can rebuild for tomorrow.
You are so very clueless. :lol:
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Exclusive: Yemen slides closer to famine as frozen bank funds curb food imports
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Many areas of Yemen are close to famine partly because importers are unable to buy new food stocks from abroad as over $200 million is stuck in banks due to the civil war disruption, trade and aid sources involved say.

Western banks had already cut credit lines for traders shipping food to Yemen, fearing they would not be repaid due to the security chaos and fragile financial system. Now, they are increasingly unwilling to offer letters of credit, which guarantee sellers will be paid on time.

They are reluctant to offer guarantees because the banking system has seized up.
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Lopsided Peace Talks Collapse, Saudis Resume Bombing Yemen and U.S. Sells More Weapons
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THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED an additional $1.15 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia this week, even as a three-month cease-fire collapsed and the Saudi-led coalition resumed its brutal bombing campaign of the Yemen capital Sana.
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America loves countries that actually pay for our weapons........... :)
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Yemen is a 'pressure cooker', aid groups warn amid outrage over school airstrike
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of children killed in Yemen's conflict has risen sharply in the last week, a U.N. official said on Monday as aid agencies condemned a weekend airstrike on a school which killed 10 children and injured 28.

A Saudi-led coalition, which began a military campaign in March last year against Iranian-allied Houthi rebels that drove the internationally recognized government into exile, said the strike in Saada province had targeted a Houthi training facility.

But UNICEF, which visited the site in Haydan after the strike as well as the hospital treating the injured children, dismissed suggestions the victims were Houthi recruits.


Yemen conflict: Air strike hits MSF hospital in Hajjah
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An air strike has hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says.

Another 19 people were injured in the attack in Abs, in Hajjah province, believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition which is backing Yemen's government in its fight against Houthi rebels.

The coalition has not yet commented.

Local people said the hit follows days of air raids in the area.
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It looks like the hospital was still under construction and had not received any medical equipment.................. :dunno:
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Houthi shelling kills seven in Saudi Arabia, nine Yemenis die in air strike
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Shells fired by Yemen's Houthi group killed seven civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, Saudi state television reported, while an air strike by an Arab coalition destroyed a house east of the Yemeni capital killing nine family members, residents said.
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People look at a crater caused by a Saudi-led coalition air strike at the yard of a hospital operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Abs district of Hajja province, Yemen August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad

Exclusive: Civil war costs Yemen $14 billion in damage and economic losses - report
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The cost from damage to infrastructure and economic losses in Yemen's civil war is more than $14 billion so far, according to a confidential report seen by Reuters that highlights the effort needed to rebuild the country, where more than half the population is suffering from malnutrition.
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis rally to support Houthi-led council
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the center of the capital on Saturday to show support for the Houthi-led bloc as the head of the group's new governing council vowed to form a full government in the coming days.
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The Death Toll in Yemen Is So High the Red Cross Has Started Donating Morgues to Hospitals
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ALMOST A YEAR and a half into Saudi Arabia’s U.S.-backed bombing campaign in Yemen, the humanitarian toll has become so extensive that the International Committee of the Red Cross has taken the unusual step of donating entire morgue units to Yemeni hospitals.

“The hospitals were not able to cope,” said Rima Kamal, a Yemen-based spokesperson for the Red Cross. “You could have more than 20 dead people brought into one hospital on one single day. The morgue capacity at a regular hospital is not equipped to handle this influx of dead bodies.”

“At times several dead bodies had to be stored on one shelf to avoid further decomposition,” Kamal continued. “The situation was not sustainable.”
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