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Of course the new US administration may be throwing in this latest announcement in an attempt to steer Iran back to the negotiations regarding their Nuclear programme. Although the 100,000 plus Yemenis who have died and those suffering illness and malnutrition have suffered, this is still very much a Proxy War between Saudi and Iran, that was supported initially by the Obama /Biden administration. The American Secretary of State Antony Blinken is concerned that Iran may now, due to the breakdown in talks, be only months away from obtaining nuclear capability weapons.
Surely Saudi can also see some benefit from this?
Britain no doubt will continue selling as many weapons as possible, Sunak as coffers that need refilling.
 
I'm amazed that despite a ruling in 2019 against the government not to sell arms it was enough for the government to say they held a "review" and its all fine actually, and then carry on again. What kind of nonsense is that if all you have to do in response to a high court ruling is have a little talk with your self before you carry on regardless?
Anyhow CAAT are taking the Tories back to court and I'd expect they have strong grounds to win again
caat.org.uk

CAAT - New legal challenge launched!

CAAT has launched a new legal challenge to stop the sale of UK weapons for use in the war in Yemen. Our action continues until we stop these sales once and for all.
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...though how meaningful a victory it might be by then after so many years of war I dont know
 
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For fear of stating the bleedin obvious (unashamedly from CAAT)
and quoted verbatim - what might help people is the petition, letter writing and meeting stuff.

Tomorrow marks six years since Saudi-led forces began bombing Yemen. Six years of homes being destroyed. Six years of lives being torn apart. Six years of world leaders turning their backs on the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

As you already know, the attacks on Yemen have been made possible by weapons supplied by the UK government and sustained by its ongoing military support.

Since the bombing of Yemen began in March 2015, the value of UK arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition amounts to at least £18 billion. A political solution is desperately needed to bring this horrific conflict to an end.

After six long years there is finally cause for hope. US President Joe Biden recently announced the US will freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE and end “all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen.” This is a huge opportunity to pressure the UK to do the same.

It’s time to take a stand against the war on Yemen and end UK arms sales that are prolonging this deadly conflict. Sign CAAT’s open letter to Boris Johnson if you agree.

Add your name
CAAT supporters like you and many others have been campaigning for an end to UK arms sales for use in the war on Yemen for years. But there’s now momentum to push for change like never before.

CAAT and Mwatana for Human Rights have been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to draw attention to the suffering of the Yemeni people. The US and Italy are the latest countries to suspend arms sales for use in the war. The UK is growing increasingly isolated on the global stage.

There was an outcry earlier this month when the UK government announced plans to slash aid to Yemen despite warnings of the worst famine in decades. Boris Johnson was criticised by members of his own party when he mocked Labour leader Keir Starmer for raising the issue in the House of Commons.

The UK is on the wrong side of history and the government must play a role in ending this deadly conflict. In the lead up to the UK hosting the G7 summit in June, let’s pile on the pressure and force Boris Johnson to act.

Sign the open letter
Thank you for your support,

Campaign Against Arms Trade
Sarah
Campaign Against Arms Trade

PS. The UK is providing weapons that are being used to kill and starve children in Yemen, while slashing aid for a crisis our government helped to create. To help end the conflict in Yemen, we need as many people as possible to take a stand and call out these shameful actions. Once you’ve signed the open letter, please share it far and wide to encourage your friends and family to join you.

PPS. If you’re free at 7pm on Friday you might also be interested to join the online vigil being organised by the London CAAT group to mark six years of the war on Yemen - you can get more information and register to attend here.
 
This Thursday, 14 October

premieres a new film on Britain's relationship with Saudi Arabia.
You can watch the film from 5pm on Declassified's YouTube channel, followed by a Q&A with the film makers at 6.30pm for which you can register (free) here.

The film investigates an arms factory in Warton, Lancashire making warplanes to bomb Yemen - the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Interviewing local residents and a former Foreign Office lawyer, the team tracks down a secretive supply flight that Britain's largest arms company BAE Systems sends every week from Warton to Saudi Arabia, and questions whether the air war could continue without UK support. CAAT provided assistance in the making of the film.

Investigators Matt Kennard and Phil Miller will be joined by myself and by Declassified UK board member Andrew Feinstein. Andrew is a former MP of the African National Congress in South Africa who resigned in protest at the party’s refusal to allow a meaningful investigation into a £5bn arms deal, which was tainted by allegations of significant, high level corruption. He is the author of the best-selling After the Party: Corruption, the ANC and South Africa’s Uncertain Future and the critically acclaimed The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade.

You can register to watch the film and join the Q&A on Thursday 14th Oct here.

I hope you will join us for what will be a fascinating evening, revealing more secrets about the deadly arms trade.
 
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Does the world‘s attention being focused on Ukraine give cunts elsewhere cover to do more horrible shit? Depressing fucking world.
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Of course it does.

Johnson has made a big thing of supporting attacking the Houthis for shelling Saudi oil infrastructure.He should be pressed to condemn this barbarity and sanction the kleptocratic princelings.
 
tim said:
Of course it does.

Johnson has made a big thing of supporting attacking the Houthis for shelling Saudi oil infrastructure.He should be pressed to condemn this barbarity and sanction the kleptocratic princelings.
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Yeah, but we need non-Russian oil/gas so the worst kind of people are going to be toadied around for quite some time. Which in many ways is futile as Russia will just sell their petroleum products to China and India (at the inflated price caused by the war), and the stuff those countries are buying from elsewhere will just be bought by the ‘west’. Just a scam, shuffling shit around.
 
Johnson was in Saudi a few days ago wasn't he. Just after they'd executed 81 people. And what they're doing in Yemen. He's a disgrace.
 
teqniq said:
Meant to post this yesterday. Fair play to her. At least one MP is prepared to call out the corrupt tories:



Not that Blair's hands were exactly clean, what with closing down the SFO inversitgation into corruption wrt to BAE systtems and Saudi Arabia.
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Sultana is just another politician waiting to shit on the working class like all the rest of them.

Glad theres a thread on Yemen though, even if Russia/Ukraine gets an entire section of the forums all of its own.
 
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