Yemen's Manufactured Chaos: The Media's Selective Outrage
📰 THE STORY: The New Arab reports on an attempted murder of a girl in Yemen's Taiz, using the incident to highlight the 'fragile security conditions' and 'proliferation of armed groups' in the city. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'fragile security' is not some organic local phenomenon. It is a direct, predictable outcome of the Saudi-led, US-backed war on Yemen, which
began in 2015. When the bombing started, destroying infrastructure and social cohesion, it created a vacuum for internal conflict and criminal activity. The US and UK have sold billions in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, perpetuating this devastation. For example, the US approved over $115 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia alone between 2009 and 2017, explicitly knowing these weapons
would be used in Yemen. Double Standard: The media fixates on a singular local crime in a country obliterated by Western-backed intervention, framing it as an internal Yemeni problem. Yet, when US-supplied bombs maim and kill thousands of children in Gaza (40,000+ confirmed dead since October 2023, many children) or destroy entire neighborhoods, the language shifts to 'unfortunate collateral
damage' or 'defense operations.' The 2016 US bombing of a funeral in Sana'a that killed 140 and injured 500 received far less consistent and personalized outrage than this single attempted crime. Follow the Money: The 'proliferation of armed groups' in Yemen is directly funded and armed by external actors. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have poured billions into supporting various factions, often with