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US aid cuts threaten life-saving services in Yemen: Amnesty
[GEO.TV] Amnesty International warned Thursday that sweeping US aid cuts, compounded by air strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s, will have dire consequences for the people of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , more than half of whom rely on assistance to survive. If more than half your population relies on someplace else's generosity, it takes an IQ on the order of a shoe to start a fight with them. The cuts risk deepening one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, Amnesty said, with the United States having been Yemen's largest humanitarian donor for years. "Jimmy crack corn and I don't care...!" Citing aid workers, the organization said slashing funding "has led to the shut-down of life-saving assistance and protection services". Shooting missiles at ships at sea has led to slashing funding. This includes treatment for malnutrition in children, services for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and other healthcare services for children. Not of concern to the guys shooting the missiles, of much less concern to me. I think I'm into negative numbers now. Dozens of safe spaces for battered women and girls have also been closed, Amnesty said, warning that multiple facilities providing reproductive health services or protection for women were also at risk. The safe spaces for battered wimmin closed? Perhaps the heroic Yemeni men should stop thumping them. "The abrupt and irresponsible cuts in US aid will have catastrophic consequences on Yemen s most vulnerable and marginalised groups, including women and girls, children and internally displaced people," said Diala Haidar, Amnesty International s Yemen researcher. Related: Amnesty International: 2025-04-07 Syria says Amnesty ignored context in Alawite killings Amnesty International: 2025-04-05 Iran prepares mass finger amputation of 'thieves' in brutal sharia punishment Amnesty International: 2025-04-03 Pakistan begins forced deportation of Afghan migrants after March 31 deadline ends Posted by: Fred 2025-04-10 |
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