US-Backed Saudi Coalition Kills 80 'Separatists' in… Yemen?
When The New Arab reports 80 Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatists were killed in Yemen, mostly by 'Saudi-led coalition' airstrikes, it's just another Tuesday. What they often gloss over is that this same US-backed Saudi coalition, which includes the UAE supporting the STC, has received over $54 billion in US arms sales since 2015. One might wonder, when 'separatists' are dying from
US-made bombs dropped by US-supplied jets, if 'conflict' isn't just a euphemism for 'proxy war with American fingerprints all over it.' The media consistently frames internal Yemeni power struggles while delicately omitting which global powers are funding and supplying every faction in the devastating, years-long war. The arms manufacturers' stock just keeps climbing, while the definitions of
'terrorist' and 'ally' shift with every quarterly earnings report. How many Yemenis have to die of starvation or US-enabled airstrikes before we stop pretending America isn't a key player—or perhaps, the director—of this tragedy?