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Shireen Al-Adeimi

4 months

Obama bombed Yemen. Trump bombed Yemen. Biden is now bombing Yemen. All three are war criminals who break their own laws to wage war against civilians.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Those of you contemplating voting for Elizabeth Warren, please read this. In 2015, I was living in Massachusetts & Warren was my senator. The military intervention began in Yemen, my country of birth, & was wreaking havoc on civilians. But this wasn't just Saudi's war.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

I'm still trying to process that 24 hours ago, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates disabled an entire country's internet service while committing various massacres around #Yemen and this isn't top news everywhere.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Unlike Warren, @BernieSanders fought for this still relatively unknown war to end. His progressive policies are not limited to our country's borders, and for that reason, I became a citizen two weeks ago to vote for Bernie in the Michigan primary next week. #Bernie2020

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 years

In 21 days, Yemen will run out of fuel. Hospitals will shut down. Clean water won't be pumped. In 97 days, Yemen will run out of wheat. In 111 days, Yemen will run out of rice. The US/Saudi/UAE coalition is committing mass murder by blockading #Yemen .

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Months later, @BernieSanders invoked the War Powers Act in the Senate along @ChrisMurphyCT & @SenMikeLee . Never had Congress before then, asserted its constitutional authority over war. I watched Bernie encounter countless hurdles, yet never giving up on the bill.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

She replied, noting the US was "working through the United Nations to reach a political solution." This was a blatant lie. Political solutions don't involve bombs. She declared support for the Saudi-led bombing: "I support U.S. efforts, in cooperation with our allies..."

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

When I think about Warren's response to my letter, I have to stop myself from resenting her & all those who actively supported this war. They chose party politics over human lives. They prioritized their support for Saudi allies over the Constitution they swore to uphold.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 months

As a Yemeni, this question scares me because I know most world leaders don't care about human suffering. There is no upper limit that will move them to act. Only collective activism that threatens their power will move them to call for a ceasefire.

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@MSF_USA

6 months

How many people have to die before world leaders wake up and call for a ceasefire?

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

President Obama had bypassed Congress – an unconstitutional act – to support the Saudis in their war against #Yemen . He was providing weapons, mid-air refueling, training, target support, and anything else the Saudi-UAE coalition needed to bomb and starve Yemen.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Finally, in 2019, Congress passed this historic bill calling for the removal of US armed forces from the war in Yemen:

Congress passes historic resolution to end US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen

Republicans tried to weaponize anti-Semitism against Democrats to block the vote — and failed.

www.vox.com

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Feeling helpless, I decided to write a letter to my senator, Elizabeth Warren. As a progressive senator, I hoped she would take the lead in calling for an end to US intervention in Yemen. I hoped she would defend the Constitution and protect innocent lives. I was wrong.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

As I read her letter, I was devastated. If this was the response from one of the most progressive Senators in Congress, what hope is there for this unconstitutional war to end? I took my letter and launched a petition, urging Americans to speak out.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

By 2019, 85,000 children between the ages of 0-5 had starved to death. At least 90,000 Yemenis were killed. One child was dying every 10 minutes. 80% of the population was in need of humanitarian assistance. Yemen was, and still is, the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Within months, @PMaurerICRC noted, "Yemen after 5 months looks like Syria after 5 years." Yet, media outlets were barely covering the conflict, & when they did, they inaccurately presented it as a Saudi-Iran proxy war. The US' role was often ignored.

'Yemen after 5 months looks like Syria after 5 years': Red Cross president

The head of the international Red Cross says "Yemen after five months looks like Syria after five years."

www.ctvnews.ca

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I joined Twitter the day the war began to keep up with news coming from Yemen. My extended family along with 28 million others were being bombed daily. Food supplies ran short. Diseases like cholera spread. Famine was looming. Yet, here in the US, few dared question Obama's war.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

For a while, the situation was hopeless. Trump inherited the war & continued business as usual. Then in 2017, Rep. @RoKhanna gave me & millions in Yemen hope when he passed the War Powers Act of 1973 in the House, declaring the US' role unconstitutional:

House declares U.S. military role in Yemen's civil war unauthorized

The resolution says refueling and targeting support for Saudi forces is not covered under previous war authorizations.

www.politico.com

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

And while Senator Warren supported the bill's historic passing, this position was mainstream among Democrats by then: All Democrats in the House and Senate, 16 House Republicans, and 6 Senate Republicans voted in favor of the WP bill.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I was then contacted by @StephenProducer , who saw my petition and letter, and wanted me to speak about this issue on air. At first I refused, then nervously agreed to give an interview. This is what I said:

Will US stop arming Saudi attackers in Yemen? Elizabeth Warren responds. Sort of. - The World from...

The answer from the Massachusetts senator did little to mollify a doctoral student at Harvard, who is urging Congress to help stop the killing in her homeland.

theworld.org

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

If you've read this far, thank you. I wrote this up (with more context) for @inthesetimesmag just now:

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 months

They can form whatever coalition they want, but we Yemenis will neither be bombed nor starved into submission.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I'm waiting to take my oath of citizenship so I can vote for @BernieSanders in the Michigan primary.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

You wouldn't know from reading this that the US trains Saudi/ UAE forces, sells weapons, shares intelligence, helps them target, and maintains vehicles and aircraft. You wouldn't know the US has been committing war crimes in #Yemen for 7 years under 3 presidents. #YemenBlackout

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

2 years

The escalation in fighting and attacks across Yemen must come to an end. We urge all parties to commit to a peaceful, diplomatic solution to ending the conflict. The Yemeni people deserve to live in peace and determine their own future.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Here's why: When Saudi/UAE/US/UK couldn't colonize #Yemen by traditional means, they systematically targeted food & water sources, and blocked the entry of fuel & food via land, air, and sea. 20 million Yemenis are not starving; they're being starved.

ICRC

@ICRC

4 years

Two thirds of people in Yemen have almost nothing to eat. That's over 20 million people.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

Here's more evidence that Biden's pledge to end the war on #Yemen was only performative.

Akbar Shahid Ahmed

@AkbarSAhmed

3 years

SCOOP: The Biden administration is advancing Trump's $23 billion arms deal for the UAE, per a State Dept spokesperson--"even as we continue reviewing details." Nearly all Senate Democrats voted against the hastily crafted package just 6 months ago.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

End your support for the blockade so Yemenis can actually break their fast this Ramadan.

President Biden

@POTUS

3 years

As the crescent moon ushers in the month, Jill and I send our warmest greetings and best wishes to Muslim communities in the United States and around the world. Ramadan Kareem.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

I asked Yemenis to tell Americans about their lives in #Yemen . Over 900 responded. As the Senate debates the legality of bombing and starving Yemenis, here's what 100 of them had to say.

“Our Present Is a Nightmare”: 100 Yemenis Speak Out Against the U.S.-Saudi War

As the Senate takes an unprecedented step towards ending the Yemen War, here are the voices of the Yemenis bearing its brunt.

inthesetimes.com

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

It's been 2,258 days since the US/Saudi/UAE war on #Yemen began. Over a quarter of a million Yemenis have been killed & millions are being starved. Unless Congress passes another War Powers Act (as they did when it was Trump's war), they too are complicit in the Yemeni genocide.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 months

Adding to this, Yemen itself has been under a US/Saudi/UAE blockade for 9 years, preventing the entry of food, fuel, and medicine. This, too, was normalized as an unfortunate "humanitarian crisis" as though they weren't actively being starved and killed.

James Ray 🔻

@GoodVibePolitik

4 months

The U.S. can have a multi-decade long blockade on Cuba and it’s normalized. Israel can have a decade and a half long total air, land, and sea blockade on Gaza and it’s normalized. But Yemenis block some ships to stop a genocide and all the sudden it’s indefensible.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

Airstrikes in #Yemen 's capital today are a reminder Saudi & UAE are still terrorizing Yemenis with U.S. weapons. They're still occupying parts of Yemen. They're still preventing the entry of essential fuel, medicines, and food. They're still starving millions of Yemenis.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

Biden must end the war he helped start in #Yemen . Read this fantastic piece by @sarahlazare , with quotes by antiwar friends @HassanElTayyab , @ErikSperling , & @Jehan_Hakim

Joe Biden Said He's Against the Yemen War. He Needs To End It on Day One.

Here's what Biden can do to halt all U.S. assistance to the onslaught he helped start.

inthesetimes.com

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 months

Yemenis endured nearly a decade of blockade & bombardment by Saudi & UAE. The US provided weapons, intelligence, training, midair refueling, spare parts/maintenance, & diplomatic cover. Now Yemen is facing the US & UK directly, while Saudi is desperate to finalize a peace deal.

Mohamad Al Shami محمد الشامي 🇾🇪🇵🇸

@mamashami

2 years

No this is not #Ukraine , this is #Yemen , so no one has to bother.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

There's a genocide currently unfolding in #Yemen , and the U.S. is helping Saudi Arabia and the UAE carry it out.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

I'm glad Trump is out of office, but let's not forget or forgive what Obama & Biden ignited in #Yemen . 30 million people in my country of birth continue to suffer after 6 years of U.S./Saudi brutality. They, too, deserve to live free from oppression.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

#Thread : The Saudi-UAE war on #Yemen began 5 years ago with full support from Obama/Biden. Together, they manufactured the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Obama never apologized & Biden only came out against the war in 2019. This is what they did to Yemenis from 2015-2016:

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

اعزائي في اليمن: اريد ان اوصل اصواتكم و معاناتكم الى المواطن الامريكي ممكن توصف/ي حالتك/ي او حالة اليمن بكلمة او جملة؟

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

It's wild that Ashraf Ghani is being called the "former" president of Afghanistan within an hour of his departure while Yemen's Hadi is still the "legitimate" president of Yemen despite resigning and fleeing over 6 years ago.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

If this image doesn't shock you into action, I don't know what will. These kids are being deliberately starved by the US, UK, Saudi, & UAE (and have been for 6 years.) This is such a stain on humanity, yet our governments continue to participate in the carnage or turn away.

Reuters

@Reuters

3 years

Paralysed and severely malnourished, 7-year-old Faid Samim lies curled up on a hospital bed in Yemen's capital city Sanaa. Faid weighs only 7 kg and his tiny, fragile frame takes up barely a quarter of a folded hospital blanket

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

Missing from this headline, video report, and written report is that the airstrikes were US-supported, and a @Raytheon fragment was found in the rubble. The United States is just as culpable as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for these latest war crimes in #Yemen .

NBC News

@NBCNews

2 years

Three children and more than 60 adults are reported to have been killed in air strikes in Yemen, Save the Children says.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

#Thread : The Saudi-UAE war on #Yemen began 5 years ago with full support from Obama/Biden. Together, they manufactured the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Obama never apologized & Biden only came out against the war in 2019. This is what they did to Yemenis from 2015-2016:

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

If you vote for Biden, know that he stood by Obama & the Saudis as they dropped bombs on Yemenis, killing & starving tens of thousands. @BernieSanders , however, championed the cause in Congress & passed the historic War Powers bill. As president, he WILL end the US war in #Yemen

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

The US is bombing Yemen, has troops in Yemen, but is not "at war" with Yemen.

Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein

3 months

🚨 The White House has notified Congress that the U.S. has troops on the ground in Yemen 🚨

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

Biden knows fully well that designating the Houthis/AnsarAllah as terrorists will starve Yemenis en masse. He did it anyway.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Yemen's capital Sana'a is under attack right now. The US/UAE/Saudi coalition continues to drop bombs on civilians despite Saudi's ceasefire announcement last week.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

Case in point: Yemen. There was near silence when Obama started it; opposition when Trump continued it (Congress even passed a War Powers Resolution); then silence & absurd justifications when Biden rebranded it as "defensive" and continued as usual.

Adam Johnson

@adamjohnsonCHI

3 months

idea that Trump would be harder on Netanyahu is absurd yes, but the counterfactual argument that does have merit is if Trump were backing this carnage there would be more consequential opposition, that Dems would less often turn themselves into pretzels defending the indefensible

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 months

The British occupation of South Yemen lasted for 128 years until it finally ended in 1967 after fierce Yemeni resistance. This is just a glimpse of the horrors our parents and grandparents endured.

Chris Williamson

@DerbyChrisW

4 months

This was how British soldiers behaved when Britain still occupied Yemen in the 1960s. Sixty years later, the UK is engaged in airstrikes against Yemen. The British elites responsible for this brutality are a bloody disgrace and bring shame on our country.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

How shameful of @UN to praise Saudi and UAE war criminals for pledging "aid" when they're the reason 80% of Yemenis need aid in the first place! No wonder Yemenis feel betrayed and abandoned by the international community.

Martin Griffiths

@UNReliefChief

5 years

Thank you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia #KSA 🇸🇦for this year’s increased pledge of 750 million USD and your continued support to the humanitarian response in #Yemen @KSRelief_EN @ksamissionun

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

When Obama entered the war on #Yemen , he cited "defensive" reasons (protecting Saudi from Houthis.) It soon became clear that it was nothing but an offensive attack that killed & starved hundreds of thousands. Biden must end ALL forms of support & the US must be held accountable.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

You helped starve and drop bombs on babies in Yemen. But yes, you were never held accountable for this crime and others.

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

4 years

Two elections. Zero criminal convictions.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

Obama began the US' war in #Yemen and continued it despite mass starvation due to the blockade & thousands of deaths due to airstrikes. He was also happy to use the AUMF to order killings in #Yemen , Pakistan, & elsewhere. Let's stop whitewashing his violent legacy.

Ben Rhodes

@brhodes

5 years

@mattduss To be fair to Obama, he asked Congress for a limiting AUMF on ISIS and they refused to act. And the most controversial decision of his presidency was refusing to go into Syria without congressional authorization.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Hundreds of thousands have starved to death in Yemen. Millions more are being starved by the Saudi/US coalition. How many more have to die before media drops this phrase and starts naming their killers?

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

The war on #Yemen has killed at least 60,000 people & starved to death at least 85,000 children under the age of 5. The US, under both Obama & Trump, violated its own laws to participate in the killing. Thanks to all who voted to end the war & shame on the 46 who voted against it

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

I feel sick. It wasn't enough for US/UAE/Saudi forces to bomb Yemen with complete impunity for 7 years. Stopping Yemenis from telling the world about their war crimes is a terrifying new low that should be widely condemned. #YemenBlackout

NetBlocks

@netblocks

2 years

⚠️ Confirmed: #Yemen is in the midst of a nation-scale Internet blackout following airstrike on telecom building in #Hudaydah ; real-time network data show collapse of connectivity on leading provider; incident ongoing 📉

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

One day after @POTUS took steps to address gun violence at home, he reminds us that military violence aboard is still a top priority.

Public Citizen

@Public_Citizen

3 years

BREAKING: Biden proposes a $753,000,000,000 Pentagon budget, a significant increase from last year's budget.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

Yemeni civilians killed by Saudi/US: 112,000+ Yemenis starved to death: 250,000+ Yemenis needing aid: 24mil Yemeni IDPs: 4mil # of Saudi civilian casualties? Can't find a list, but I'm guessing few to none. Yet they call it a "war" & @JoeBiden wants to defend Saudi borders.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Please stop calling Joe Biden "decent." Decent people don't help start wars. Decent people don't support inhumane deportations. Decent people don't turn a blind eye to starving children. And no; apologizing for some of the above doesn't absolve him.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I'm seeing the comments and am reminded that MBS is mostly known for murdering one Saudi man – the late Jamal Khashoggi – and not his ongoing slaughter and starvation of *millions* of women, men, and children in #Yemen alongside his friend, Trump.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil & gas industry!

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Foreign policy differences between Sanders & Warren are monumental. Their positions on Iran sanctions or voting for the military budget, for example, mean life or death for Black & Brown people abroad yet they're often reduced to minor, inconsequential differences.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

Hoping 2019 is the year the war on #Yemen finally ends.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

Oh thanks, Joe. Remind me again which US administration launched this war?

Akbar Shahid Ahmed

@AkbarSAhmed

5 years

First round of applause during this speech when Biden says US should end support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Today, UN Chief @antonioguterres took Saudi off a blacklist for killing Yemeni children. Also today, Saudi killed 13 people in Yemen, including 4 children: Shame on @UN for normalizing violence against Yemeni children.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

Senator, you know more than most that they've been at this for 7 years. Yet, you voted to supply them with more weapons just last month. What did you think they'd do with them if not bomb Yemeni civilians?

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

2 years

These strikes aren’t proportional. They aren’t legal. The Saudi coalition needs to end this offensive now.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 years

The US/Saudi/UAE coalition considered schoolboys returning from a field trip while wearing @UNICEF backpacks 'legitimate military targets.' Rest in peace, little ones. By Yemeni artist @Kmalshami1

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Obama/Biden also refueled Saudi jets midair, trained their soldiers & pilots, helped them choose targets, and maintained their vehicles & aircraft. Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis because Obama/Biden started the war & Trump vetoed the bill Sanders passed to end it.

Alex Kane

@alexbkane

4 years

Biden was part of an administration that armed the Saudis to the teeth as they slaughtered Yemenis. Sanders was the guy who....authored a bill to stop that support

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@shireen818

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The US & UK are bombing Sana'a, Yemen right now. This will do nothing to stop Ansarallah's blockade of Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea (and we know Biden knows this), yet the bombardment continues.

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@shireen818

2 years

Saudi & UAE have been busy bombing Yemen's capital this week. Bombs are being dropped on Sana'a right now, and as always, they're fully enabled by the U.S. @JoeBiden said he'd end all military support to Saudi, but he's just continuing Obama and Trump's violent legacy.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

The fire that former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power helped ignite in #Yemen still rages, and ignoring it in her latest memoir will not erase her role in the violence. My latest for @inthesetimesmag

How Dare Samantha Power Scrub the Yemen War From Her Memoir

Power backed the disastrous U.S. intervention in Yemen. But you wouldn't know that from reading her much-lauded memoir.

inthesetimes.com

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 months

And similar to what the US, Saudi, and UAE did in Yemen, resulting in the largest outbreak of cholera in modern history.

Sam Husseini

@samhusseini

6 months

Correct. US took out electricity and therefore water in Iraq in 90s such that you had cholera outbreaks. Similar to what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza. It’s effectively biowarfare.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

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9 years ago today, the US (under Obama), Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and UK began bombing and invading Yemen in an attempt to restore their puppet president to power. They failed, but not before killing hundreds of thousands of Yemenis through bombardment and a brutal blockade.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

I can't emphasize how instrumental @nimaelbagir has been for spotlighting US complicity in #Yemen . In 2018, her investigation linked the bomb that killed 40 schoolboys to @LockheedMartin . Her new investigation is showing how famine in Yemen is caused by the US-backed blockade.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

In 2017, 2 years into the Saudi/US/UAE invasion and blockade of #Yemen that left thousands dead (now hundreds of thousands) and tens of thousands starving (now millions), I wondered why Yemeni civilians were ignored by the international community. I don't wonder any more.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

In the past 6 years, ZERO Saudi/UAE/US/UK civilians were killed by Yemenis. Meanwhile, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Yemeni civilians have been killed by the coalition. MILLIONS more are currently being starved. And yet the "both sides" narrative is alive & well.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 years

I'm sure this is a very confusing time for MbS. He's been killing tens of thousands & starving millions of Yemenis since 2015. In response, the US sold him weapons, fueled his jets midair, trained his troops, shielded him at the UN, & allowed him to investigate his own crimes.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

I'm sick of media framing of #Yemen war. Saudi/UAE are not targeting "Houthis"; they're killing Yemeni civilians. Stikes are also not "retaliatory"; they've been bombing & blockading Yemen for 7 years with US/UK support. Get this right & maybe people will start caring.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

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For 9 years, Yemenis were bombed & blockaded by the US, UK, Saudi, & UAE for refusing to aceept a puppet government. It didn't work, and their puppet is still in Saudi. Now the US & UK are bombing Yemenis to punish them for standing up for Gaza. This, too, won't work.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

The Saudis have already destroyed #Yemen with US weapons, and Trump is now giving them access to nuclear technology?! What a sickening display of prioritizing business deals over human lives and even our own federal laws.

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@sarahkendzior

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Trump Admin Gives OK to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudis

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Had Obama not funded and fully supported Saudi & UAE's genocidal war in #Yemen , there wouldn't have been a war for Trump to inherit. Instead, hundreds of thousands of civilians are dead and millions more are starving. #ObamaAppreciationDay

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

The "children and innocent people" he's referring to here are Yemeni. Know what he did when he became president? Continued murdering them.

Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

Biden 2019: “I would end the sale of material to Saudis, they’re murdering children and innocent people so they have to be held accountable. And with regard to China…we have to speak out about violations of human rights” Biden is now arming Israel despite 10,000 children killed

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

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56 House representatives have now cosponspred @RepRoKhanna 's bill to end U.S. involvement in Saudi's war on #Yemen . If you don't see your reps on this list, please call them today & urge them to cosponsor #HConRes138 ! #YemenCantWait

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 months

Bahrainis come out in solidarity with Yemen and Palestine, and in defiance of their own government.

يحيى الحديد Yahya Alhadid

@YahyaAlhadid

4 months

شعب #البحرين المظلوم يخرج في كل يوم جمعة نصرة للغزة ودعما للشعب الفلسطيني، وهذا اليوم خرج الشعب ليعلن أنه يقف مع #اليمن ضد العدوان ويرفض سياسة حكومة آل خليفة الفاقدة للشرعية الشعبية #اليمن_قول_وفعل #غزه_تقاوم

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

Thinking of everyone in Sana'a #Yemen tonight and praying for their safety from Saudi/UAE bombardment. It's sickening to know that this is the third US administration to enable these war crimes while Congress chooses to do absolutely nothing.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

6 years

On the 15th anniversary of the #IraqWar , these 55 senators voted to continue waging war on #Yemen They voted to continue starving millions to death They voted to continue bombing Yemenis with US bombs, dropped by Saudi-purchased US jets, refueled midair by the US Army. #SJRes54

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

She whitewashed your violent record in #Yemen and elsewhere.

How Dare Samantha Power Scrub the Yemen War From Her Memoir

Power backed the disastrous U.S. intervention in Yemen. But you wouldn't know that from reading her much-lauded memoir.

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Barack Obama

@BarackObama

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. @SamanthaJPower is a Pulitzer winner, an incredible writer, and a great friend. Her memoir, The Education of an Idealist, grapples with the balance between idealism, pragmatism, advocacy, and governance. It's a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

If they cared about upholding the Constitution, they would've voted to end Trump's unconstitutional war in #Yemen . Instead, @RepSherrill , @RepHoulahan , @RepSlotkin , and @RepSpanberger were part of the #Famine5 who voted FOR the war.

CNN News Central

@NewsCentralCNN

5 years

These five freshman congresswomen changed history by becoming unlikely leaders on impeachment.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Yes. I also remember how he wasn't impeached for violating the Constitution to kill children in #Yemen because Congress let President Obama get away with that too.

Ayanna Pressley

@AyannaPressley

4 years

Remember when Donald J. Trump was impeached by the United States House of Representatives?

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

The man who starves Yemeni babies to death is in favor of concentration camps? Shocking!

Newsweek

@Newsweek

5 years

Saudi Arabia's Mohammad bin Salman defends China's use of concentration camps for Muslims

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

I have to be honest, I'm sobbing while watching @spin_film 's Hunger Ward. Yemeni kids are painfully & violently being starved to death. These crimes are unimaginable and unforgivable. How anyone can justify bombing and starving Yemen is just beyond me.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

For 9 years, we Yemenis have been telling and showing the world the genocidal war launched against us by Saudi, UAE, US, and UK. How did the world respond? With complicity and/or deafening silence while a Yemeni child was killed by starvation every 75 seconds.

Mohamad Al Shami محمد الشامي 🇾🇪🇵🇸

@mamashami

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@shireen818 Sadly, not enough people know about it.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

NEW: @RepDebDingell introduces amendment that will ground the Saudi air force if they continue blockading #Yemen ! @RepMcGovern @RulesDemocrats @RepBarbaraLee @SpeakerPelosi @RosaDeLauro @AppropsDems : Ensure this amendment is made so it can be included in the House-passed bill!

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 months

Biden is trying to terrorize a nation that refuses to be terrorized. #Yemen

روني الدنماركي

@Aldanmarki

3 months

You know US airstrikes on Yemen won't do shit when this is how the average Yemeni citizen reacts to it.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

While I'm grateful for CNN's investigation on the US/Saudi blockade, I can't help but wonder why it took 6 years. How many tens of thousands of deaths could've been prevented if Obama, Trump, and now Biden were held accountable for killing and starving Yemenis?

Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein

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“Famine has arrived”

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

While you're at it, Ned, talk about the "flow of weapons" from the US to the Saudi-led coalition. Or should we overlook the US' role in killing hundreds of thousands of civilians across #Yemen because Biden's trying to save face by capturing Marib for the Saudis?

Matthew Miller

@StateDeptSpox

2 years

The illegal flow of Iranian weapons to Yemen is enabling the brutal Houthi offensive against Marib, leading to loss of civilian lives and prolonging the war.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

I agree this war has to end. So end it, @JoeBiden . End all arms sales (not just "relevant" ones). End all targeting, logistics, & training. Stop using Saudi as an excuse to bomb & starve #Yemen . End the war you started so that Yemenis no longer suffer "unendurable devastation"

danaka says free palestine 🇵🇸

@wifeoftoast

3 years

Joe Bidens official remarks on Yemen and Saudi Arabia

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I'm praying for Trump's victims in #Yemen who are dying from COVID-19 at a rate of nearly 30%. I'm also praying for his 24 million victims in Yemen who can't find food, functioning hospitals, medicine, or even feel safe from US-made bombs in their homes and schools.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

I know there's a lot going on but please take a moment to imagine what it's like to be living in #Yemen . The 5-year war has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis. 100,000+ people have been killed. Hundreds of thousands more have starved to death. #Thread : 1/10

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

3 years

The US is ending its offensive role in the war on #Yemen . I'm trying this through tears that haven't stopped since @HassanElTayyab called me with this news. I don't know all the details yet but after 6 years of anti-war advocacy, I'm hopeful.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

#ObamaAppreciationDay

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

2 years

The Saudi-led coalition is literally dropping bombs in the middle of Yemeni streets. They'll call this a "military target" tomorrow (if anyone bothers to ask them). And since @JoeBiden considers this "defensive," his admin continues to supply them with weapons and intelligence.

Ahmed Jahaf احمد جحاف

@A7medJa7af

2 years

طيران تحالف العدوان السعودي يستهدف بشكل مباشر شارع الزبيري (وسط الشارع)

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

4 years

Bush's war crimes are whitewashed because he read a script over sad music & poignant images. Obama's war crimes in Yemen & elsewhere are ignored because he was eloquent. Trump should note that presidents will be admired as long as they "sound presidential" while killing people.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

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Videos out of Sana'a, #Yemen show ongoing US & UK airstrikes along with commentary by the ever-defiant Yemeni people who vow to continue supporting Palestine no matter the consequences. 🇾🇪 🇵🇸

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Shireen Al-Adeimi

@shireen818

5 years

Cool. Now stop bombing and starving #Yemen alongside your Saudi friends.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

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