{"id":10390,"date":"2018-11-25T11:28:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=10390"},"modified":"2018-11-25T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:29:26","slug":"entirely-preventable-deaths-of-85000-yemeni-children-is-part-of-what-trump-has-embraced-with-america-first-allegiance-to-saudis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/entirely-preventable-deaths-of-85000-yemeni-children-is-part-of-what-trump-has-embraced-with-america-first-allegiance-to-saudis\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Entirely Preventable&#8217; Deaths of 85,000 Yemeni Children Is Part of What Trump Has Embraced With &#8216;America First&#8217; Allegiance to Saudis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"field-wrapper-attribution\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><span class=\"pb-timestamp\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">November 21, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<h4>&#8220;For children under the age of five this situation is proving a death sentence.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-authors\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"grouping-prefix\">by\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jessica-corbett-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Corbett, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"6840204\" data-app-id-name=\"headline_above_content\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"'Entirely Preventable' Deaths of 85,000 Yemeni Children Is Part of What Trump Has Embraced With 'America First' Allegiance to Saudis\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/21\/entirely-preventable-deaths-85000-yemeni-children-part-what-trump-has-embraced\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope shareaholic-share_buttons\" translate=\"no\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic-flat shareaholic- shareaholic-block shareaholic-horizontal shareaholic-mini\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading-text ng-binding\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-img field--type-image field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"caption-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/yemen_9.jpg?itok=VKrPoTEM\" alt=\"yemeni child\" width=\"955\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div><em>The London-based NGO Save the Children estimates some 85,000 children under the age of five have died in Yemen due to starvation over the past three years. (Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/stories\/yemen-fighting-survive-country-plagued-malnutrition\">Fuad\/UNICEF<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As President Donald Trump faces criticism for issuing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/20\/statement-equal-parts-dangerous-and-imbecilic-trump-smears-khashoggi-and-vows-back\">&#8220;dangerous&#8221; and &#8220;imbecilic&#8221; statement<\/a>\u00a0in which he vowed to stand by Saudi Arabia despite the murder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/jamal-khashoggi\">Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>, a London-based organization is estimating that some 85,000 children under age five have starved to death in Yemen since the U.S.-backed, Saudi- and UAE-led coalition launched military action there three years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pullquote\">&#8220;For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death and it&#8217;s entirely preventable.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children<\/p>\n<p>Drawn from United Nations data, Save the Children&#8217;s new figure is, as the\u00a0<em>Guardian\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/21\/yemen-young-children-dead-starvation-disease-save-the-children?CMP=share_btn_tw\">put it<\/a>, &#8220;a conservative estimate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death and it&#8217;s entirely preventable,&#8221; declared Tamer Kirolos, the group&#8217;s country director in Yemen. &#8220;Children who die in this way suffer immensely as their vital organ functions slow down and eventually stop. Their immune systems are so weak they are more prone to infections with some too frail to even cry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A mother whose 13-month-old Nusair is being treated by Save the Children for severe acute malnutrition, or SAM, told the\u00a0<em>Guardian<\/em>, &#8220;I am scared of the war and worried we won&#8217;t have food. It is distressing.&#8221; She added: &#8220;I can&#8217;t go to sleep, it is torturing, and I am worried about my children. I couldn&#8217;t live if any harm came to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi blockades and bombing campaign have produce the world&#8217;s worst humanitarian crisis, killing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/yemen-war-death-toll-saudi-arabia-allies-how-many-killed-responsibility-a8603326.html\">tens of thousands<\/a>\u00a0of Yemenis and putting 14\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2018\/11\/1025301\">million more<\/a>\u2014half the country&#8217;s population\u2014at risk of famine. That number, Save the Children\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/us\/about-us\/media-and-news\/2018-press-releases\/yemen-85000-children-may-have-died-from-starvation\">noted<\/a>, &#8220;has increased dramatically&#8221; since a blockade last year that reduced the commercial imports of food through the Hodeidah port.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For children under the age of five this situation is proving a death sentence,&#8221; concluded Bhanu Bhatnagar, a Save the Children spokesman. &#8220;What is shocking about\u00a0<span class=\"u-underline\">Yemen<\/span>\u00a0is that these 85,000 deaths are not a result of drought or climate change, they are entirely the result of a manmade conflict that is fueled by countries who have the power to stop it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As World Food Program (WFP) executive director David Beasley\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/19\/there-us-imprint-death-every-child-yemen-sen-chris-murphy\">told<\/a>\u00a0the U.N. Security Council last week: &#8220;What I have seen in Yemen this week is the stuff of nightmares, of horror, of deprivation, of misery. And we\u2014all of humanity\u2014have only ourselves to blame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, instead of halting the violence and subsequent suffering, the coalition has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.uk\/news\/media-centre\/press-releases\/statement-on-airstrikes-in-hodeidah-over-the-weekend\">ramped up<\/a>\u00a0the bombing campaign. Calling for &#8220;an immediate end to the fighting so no more lives are lost,&#8221; Kirolos pointed out that &#8220;in the past few weeks there have been hundreds of airstrikes in and around Hodeidah, endangering the lives of an estimated 150,000 children still trapped in the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khashoggi&#8217;s assassination has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/10\/25\/anti-war-voices-applaud-must-read-sanders-op-ed-demanding-end-us-complicity-yemen\">put a spotlight<\/a>\u00a0on the Trump administration&#8217;s support for Saudi Arabia\u2014particularly considering that the CIA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/16\/politics\/cia-assessment-khashoggi-assassination-saudi-arabia\/index.html\">has reportedly concluded\u00a0<\/a>that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MbS, personally ordered the killing. Although the U.S. recently stopped refueling Saudi aircraft, human rights advocates,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/19\/there-us-imprint-death-every-child-yemen-sen-chris-murphy\">aid agencies<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/15\/denouncing-gop-efforts-block-war-powers-vote-outrage-khanna-vows-keep-fighting-end\">members of Congress<\/a>\u00a0have called for a full withdrawal of U.S. support for the war in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, meanwhile, seems to have made up his mind to continue backing the Saudis. &#8220;It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event\u2014maybe he did and maybe he didn&#8217;t! That being said, we may\u00a0<em>never\u00a0<\/em>know all of the facts,&#8221; the president said Tuesday. &#8220;In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2018\/11\/20\/trump_presser_saudi_arabia_and_khashoggi_ivanka_emails_asylum_ruling.html\">Speaking<\/a>\u00a0outside the White House on Tuesday, Trump said the murder of Khashoggi &#8220;is what it is.&#8221; And referencing his decision to stand with Saudi Arabia, he added, &#8220;It&#8217;s America first to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-copyright-cond\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-copyright field--type-text field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2018\u00a0by Common Dreams &#8220;For children under the age of five this situation is proving a death sentence.&#8221; by\u00a0Jessica Corbett, staff writer The London-based NGO Save the Children estimates some 85,000 children under the age of five have died in Yemen due to starvation over the past three years&#8230;. <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/entirely-preventable-deaths-of-85000-yemeni-children-is-part-of-what-trump-has-embraced-with-america-first-allegiance-to-saudis\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10390"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10392,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10390\/revisions\/10392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}