Crisis in Jemen #4 Saudische puinhopen

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Op vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 10:35 schreef Mariocash het volgende:
Saudi-Arabië en Jemen: wat een heerlijke plekken op deze wereld!

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Op vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 05:33 schreef Jellereppe het volgende:

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De Amerikanen en Britten staan de Saudiers gewoon bij hoor in Jemen: blokkade van havens in Jemen, wapens, belangrijke intelligence en redelijke media-stilte. Het is niet alleen Saudi-Arabië. Na de Irak- en Libië-oorlog hebben ze besloten we gaan wat meer op de achtergrond zitten maar die actoren en belangen spelen ook mee.

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Op vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 05:33 schreef Jellereppe het volgende:

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De Amerikanen en Britten staan de Saudiers gewoon bij hoor in Jemen: blokkade van havens in Jemen, wapens, belangrijke intelligence en redelijke media-stilte. Het is niet alleen Saudi-Arabië. Na de Irak- en Libië-oorlog hebben ze besloten we gaan wat meer op de achtergrond zitten maar die actoren en belangen spelen ook mee.

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Op vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 08:42 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Kortom, je vindt moslims stom. Nu weer ontopic?

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Op vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 13:04 schreef Glazenmaker het volgende:

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Hebben de Britten hun vloot voor de havens liggen ja? En wat bedoel je met media-stilte? Is er iemand van de regering Trump die CNN verbiedt om nieuws uit te zenden over Jemen? Wapens verkopen doen ze inderdaad, maar de kosten als buitenkomt dat GB of de VS de oorlog in Jemen is begonnen of in stand houdt voor een paar miljoen aan bommen verkoop weegt niet op tegen de opbrengsten.

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Jij niet dan? Als Duitsland morgen zou beginnen met het kleine achterlijke broertje België invallen en uithongeren zouden GB en Frankrijk daar wat van te zeggen hebben. Hoe tragisch ook was Europa 100 jaar geleden al verder dan het MO nu.

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Although the U.S. hoped to show a positive role in the conflict and President Trump asked Saudi to allow humanitarian aid to enter Yemen,[21][22] the U.S has also supported the Arab coalition's intervention in the war and its blockade on Yemen since March 2015. In mid-2015, Washington increased its logistical and intelligence support to Saudi Arabia by creating a joint coordination planning cell with the Saudi military that is helping manage the war.[23][24] However, in mid-2016 and amid escalating, international concerns regarding some of the strategic initiatives undertaken by the Saudi Arabian military in the conflict, the U.S. pulled back significantly on their participation in this joint planning cell, reducing its staff commitment to only five US workers.[25] Meanwhile, aid agencies say the embargo imposed by the U.S. (and UK-backed) Arab coalition has had dramatic effect with about 80% of population in urgent need of vital resources such as food, water and medical supplies. Saudi Arabia, reportedly relying on U.S. intelligence reports and surveillance images for target selection, began airstrikes, some of which were against weapons and aircraft. The US has dispatched warships to reinforce the blockade.[26] According to Iranian sources, it has refueled Saudi planes, sent the Saudi military targeting intelligence, and resupplied them with tens of billions of dollars worth of bombs.[18][24] The U.S (and the UK) support the effort through arms sales and technical assistance. Amnesty International urged the U.S. and the UK to stop supplying arms to Saudi Arabia and to the Saudi-led coalition.[27][28] It has been reported that U.S. is regarded as an indirect partner for Saudi Arabia in the war and blockade on Yemen,[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Yemen

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Coalition sends thousands of troops to Hodeida
Aden- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has sent more than 10,000 new troops towards a vital rebel-held port city ahead of a new assault, Yemeni government officials said Tuesday.
The pro-government coalition deployed the reinforcements to the Red Sea coast ahead of a new offensive on Hodeida “within days”, a military official told AFP.

He said they would also “secure areas liberated” from the Iran-backed Al Houthi rebels, and that forces from Sudan, part of the coalition, had moved in to “secure” areas around the city.
Al Houthi rebels have for the past 10 days been stationing fighters on rooftops of buildings in Hodeida city, government military officials told AFP.
The adjacent port is the entry point for three quarters of imports to the impoverished country, which is teetering on the edge of famine.

Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in Yemen in 2015 to support the legitimate internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi after Al Houthis ousted it, capturing swathes of territory including the capital Sana’a.
The coalition has used air power to push the rebels back from much of Yemen, but Al Houthis have held onto Hodeida and Sana’a.
After UN-backed talks collapsed in September, the coalition announced it was relaunching an assault on Hodeida.
The fighting has since eased and Saudi-led forces have focused their raids on the city limits and other parts of the surrounding province.

The UN warned last week that 14 million people in Yemen now face a serious threat of famine.

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MazALJ10 twitterde op woensdag 31-10-2018 om 10:30:04 #BREAKING Unconfirmed reports that Hadi, the Saudi-backed President of Yemen has been assassinated in Aden. Huge if true. https://t.co/GK2HcDkZ3E reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 17 oktober 2018 11:46 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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het conflict is geworden wat het nu is met dank aan MBS. misschien zal er de komende periode een nieuwe wind waaien, als de uitval van de moord op kashoggi in opdracht van MBS ervoor zorgt dat hij op een zijspoor komt.

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Warring Sides in Yemen Agree to Truce in Key Port City

Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to a cease-fire in the crucial port city of Hudaydah, the United Nations chief said on Thursday, announcing the biggest step toward peace in years for a war that has produced the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels have agreed to withdraw their forces from Hudaydah, the main conduit for humanitarian aid entering Yemen, and to implement a cease-fire in the surrounding province, Secretary General António Guterres told reporters.

He made the announcement in Rimbo, Sweden, at the end of a week of negotiations intended to pave the way for full peace talks. Amid smiles and handshakes, representatives from the two sides also agreed to a prisoner exchange involving as many as 15,000 people, and to allow a humanitarian corridor into the city of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city. They agreed to meet again in January.

The terms of the deal announced by Mr. Guterres were vague in places, with talk of a “mutual redeployment” to stop the fighting in Hudaydah, and a “leading role” for the United Nations in the city. The United Nations is due to oversee the withdrawal of all combatants from the city within 21 days, but there was little detail about how that will happen.

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Both the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition stressed that the cease-fire agreement signed Thursday was not a comprehensive peace deal, but purely a humanitarian gesture aimed at building good will.

“Neither side sees it as the beginning of the end of the conflict,” Mr. Salisbury said in an interview.

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In the past month, the United Arab Emirates, part of the Saudi coalition, has led a fierce drive to seize Hudaydah, with its warplanes supporting allied Yemeni forces on the ground. They have almost entirely surrounded the city, with the Houthis controlling just one road leading out of it.

Now, those hard-won gains will have to be surrendered if, as the deal stipulates, Hudaydah is effectively taken out of the fight.

Anwar Gargash, the Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs, put a positive gloss on the deal, framing it as a product of his forces's military success. "Our sincere appreciation to the 5,000 Emirati soldiers along with Yemeni forces who were ready to liberate the port," he said in a statement. "Their bravery and commitment made the diplomatic progress possible."

The international sense of urgency over Yemen has been driven by warnings that the humanitarian crisis could soon turn into a catastrophe.

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In the talks in Sweden this week, United Nations officials tried and failed to get both sides to sign on to a framework peace plan. Officials also had aimed to broker a deal to reopen the international airport in the capital, Sana, which has been subject of a Saudi blockade since 2015, but could not reach an agreement on that issue, either.

But they were able to strike a deal that may ease the suffering in Hudaydah.

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Senate votes to end US military support for Saudis in Yemen

The Senate has passed a resolution calling for an end to US military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen war, and asserting Congress’s right to decide on matters of war and peace.

The measure, which passed by 56 votes to 41, marked the first time the Senate had invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution to seek to curb the power of the president to take the US into an armed conflict. It marked a significant bipartisan rebuke to the Trump administration, which lobbied intensively against it.

The independent senator Bernie Sanders who had pushed the resolution persistently throughout the year, called it “a historic moment”.

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The resolution still faces serious obstacles to becoming law. The House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans for another month, is unlikely to endorse it. The Democrats will take over the House next month, but the legislative process of passing the resolution would have to begin again. Then it would face a certain veto from Donald Trump, which would require a two-thirds vote in both houses to overturn.

However, the passing of the bipartisan resolution was a symbolic gesture reflecting lack of confidence in Trump’s handling of policy towards Yemen and Saudi

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:26 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:29 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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Vreemd. Waarom zouden ze dit beslissen?

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:34 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Omdat ze in meerderheid tegen deze oorlog zijn, vermoed ik, en daar ook zelf over willen beslissen.

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:39 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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Waarom zouden ze tegen deze oorlog zijn? heel deze oorlog is meer dan logisch in de context van de Amerikaanse geopolitieke koers.

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:42 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Wat is de Amerikaanse geopolitieke koers?

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Op vrijdag 14 december 2018 21:45 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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In deze context? tegen de invloeden van Iran, dus tegen de houthi rebellen.