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| Yemeni political powers plead to UN to save Taiz |
| 2016-01-11 |
| They'll get right on it, I'm sure The Yemeni political powers on Saturday pleaded to the United Nations to take action to break a deadly siege on rebel-besieged Taiz City by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia and forces loyal to now-ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in order to save four million civilians from starving to death. Funny, the 'coalition' doesn't ask the UN to intervene when they're on top... In a joint letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Yemeni political parties reiterated their call for implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 2216 and immediate intervention to break the siege as part of international conventions. They noted that the rebels seize UN humanitarian aid shipments sent to besieged areas. "Free food!" In a statement issued on December 23, 2015, the members of the Security Council welcomed the commitment of Yemeni parties to peace talks to ensure safe, rapid and unhindered access for humanitarian aid delivery to all affected governorates, including in particular Taiz City. The letter of the Yemeni parties noted that Taiz, to date, continues to be bombarded by the Houthi-Saleh militias with all types of weapons. On December 30, 2015, the rebels shelled Al Thawra General Hospital, the last operational hospital in Taiz, an act the Yemeni politicians described as ‘an unprecedented criminal and brutal violation of human values’. No, not exactly 'unprecedented', not even in the Middle East... In the meantime, more civilians are dying of starvation and lack of medical supplies in Taiz as a direct result of the siege and the rebel bombardment, the Yemeni parties said in their letter to Ban Ki-moon |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Nah, g(r)om, IBoth “Jukes” and “Kallikaks” are pseudonyms for families whose genetics were studied at the end of the 19th century. The Jukes illustrated the inheritance of criminality and the Kallikaks of feeble-mindedness (“feeble-minded” was the catch-all phrase used in those days for various forms of mental retardation and learning disabilities).l while appropriate I doubt you could tell them apart. Just one more distinction without a difference. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-01-11 12:46 |
| #3 How about: the Jukes and the Kallikaks; AC? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-11 11:14 |
| #2 Indeed Alan, 'who is who.' Reminds me of the old story about two Auzzie sailors exiting a pub. Stumbling out the door in the late hours into a heavy London fog, they spot a fellow serviceman entering. Oblivious to his rank and heavily bemedaled uniform, they inquire, "Say there bloke, can you tell us where we are?" The serviceman replies... "Do you know who I am?" One sailor turns to the other "we don't know where we are, and he doesn't know who he is." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-11 08:11 |
| #1 It's funny but when I read these articles about Yemen I'm never quite sure who is who. Rather than calling them rebel and gov't forces I'd like them to get called, oh, Iranian backed vs. Saudi backed. Can't tell a player without a program. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-01-11 07:58 |