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To: nuconvert

From the article :

...Obama’s administration has been repeatedly embarrassed by the killing of civilians and worried that while the war has dragged on, Al-Qaeda has been allowed to grow.

More than 6,400 Yemenis have been killed since the intervention started 15 months ago, the majority of them civilians.

The Huthis remain in control of most of the central and northern highlands as well as the Red Sea coast.

The United Nations had blacklisted the Saudi-led coalition after concluding in a report that it was responsible for 60 percent of the 785 deaths of children in Yemen last year.

But the world body later reversed its stance, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon citing “undue pressure” from Saudi Arabia and its allies who had threatened to cut off funding to UN aid programs over the blacklisting.

There are signs that the war may be winding down and Saudi Arabia and its allies may be shifting focus to tackling Al-Qaeda.

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday announced its “war is over” in Yemen, although left open the prospect of a continued counterterrorism role.


9 posted on 06/18/2016 2:44:47 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: heterosupremacist

First thing I thought of:
Dancing with the Devil

Tupac ~ Dance with the Devil

(Immortal Technique)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV79eXMUCiQ 3:31


11 posted on 06/18/2016 2:53:28 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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