ndi Kathy Kelly. April 27, 2017
Pa Epulo 26, 2017, mumzinda wa Hodeidah ku Yemen, gulu lotsogozedwa ndi Saudi lomwe lakhala likuchita nkhondo ku Yemen kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi, linaponya timapepala todziwitsa anthu okhala ku Hodeidah zakuukira komwe kukubwera. Kapepala kamodzi kanalembedwa:
"Mphamvu zathu zovomerezeka zikupita kukamasula Hodeidah ndikuthetsa kuvutika kwa anthu athu achisomo aku Yemeni. Lowani nawo boma lanu lovomerezeka mokomera Yemen yaulere komanso yachimwemwe. "
Ndipo linanso: "Kulamulira kwa doko la Hodeidah ndi zigawenga za Houthi kuchulukitsa njala ndikulepheretsa kupereka chithandizo chapadziko lonse kwa anthu athu achisomo aku Yemeni."
Zowonadi, timapepalati tikuyimira gawo limodzi lankhondo zosokoneza komanso zovuta kwambiri zomwe zikuchitika ku Yemen. Poganizira malipoti owopsa okhudza njala yomwe ili pafupi ku Yemen, zikuwoneka kuti "mbali" yokhayo yomwe anthu akunja angasankhe ingakhale ya ana ndi mabanja omwe akuvutika ndi njala ndi matenda.
Komabe US yasankha kutenga mbali ya mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi. Taganizirani lipoti la Reuters, pa April 19, 2017, Mlembi wa Chitetezo ku United States James Mattis anakumana ndi akuluakulu a Saudi. Malinga ndi lipotilo, akuluakulu aku US adati "kuthandizira kwa US ku mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi kudakambidwa kuphatikiza thandizo lina lomwe United States lingapereke, kuphatikiza thandizo lanzeru ..." Lipoti la Reuters likuti Mattis amakhulupirira "Zosokoneza za Iran ku Middle East ziyenera kugonjetsedwa kuti athetse mkangano ku Yemen, pamene United States ikuyesa kuthandizira mgwirizano wotsogoleredwa ndi Saudi komweko. "
Iran ikhoza kukhala ikupereka zida kwa zigawenga za Houthi, koma iNdikofunikira kufotokoza bwino thandizo lomwe US yapereka ku mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi. Pofika pa Marichi 21, 2016, Human Rights Watch Adanenanso zogulitsa zida zotsatirazi, mu 2015 ku boma la Saudi:
· July 2015, US Defense Department ovomerezeka zida zingapo zogulitsa ku Saudi Arabia, kuphatikiza mgwirizano wa US $ 5.4 biliyoni wa 600 Patriot Missiles ndi $ 500 miliyoni. zambiri kwa zida zopitilira miliyoni miliyoni, mabomba ophulitsa pamanja, ndi zinthu zina, za gulu lankhondo la Saudi.
· Malinga ndi Ndemanga ya Congress ya US, pakati pa Meyi ndi Seputembala, a US adagulitsa zida za $ 7.8 biliyoni kwa Saudis.
· Mu October, boma la US ovomerezeka kugulitsa ku Saudi Arabia mpaka zombo zinayi za Lockheed Littoral Combat kwa $ 11.25 biliyoni.
· Mu Novembala, US inayinidwa mgwirizano wa zida ndi Saudi Arabia wamtengo wapatali wa $ 1.29 biliyoni pa zida zopitilira 10,000 zotsogola zam'mlengalenga kuphatikiza mabomba otsogozedwa ndi laser, bomba la "bunker buster", ndi bomba la MK84; ma Saudi agwiritsa ntchito onse atatu ku Yemen.
Kufotokoza za udindo wa United Kingdom pogulitsa zida kwa Saudis, Mtendere wa Uthenga akuti "Kuyambira kuphulitsa bomba kudayamba mu Marichi 2015, UK yavomereza Zida zankhondo zokwana £3.3bn ku regimen, kuphatikizapo:
- Zilolezo za ML2.2 zokwana £10 bn (ndege, ma helikoputala, ma drones)
- Zilolezo za ML1.1 zokwana £4 bn (mabomba, mabomba, mizinga, zoyeserera)
- Zilolezo za ML430,000 zokwana £6 (magalimoto okhala ndi zida, akasinja)
Kodi mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi wachita chiyani ndi zida zonsezi? A United Nations High Commissioner of Human Ufulu gulu la akatswiri anapeza kuti:
"Osachepera anthu wamba 3,200 aphedwa ndipo 5,700 avulala kuyambira pomwe ntchito zankhondo zamgwirizano zidayamba, 60 peresenti yaiwo adachita ziwopsezo zankhondo zamgwirizano."
A Lipoti la Human Rights Watch, ponena za zomwe gulu la UN lidapeza, akuti gululi lidalemba za kuukira kwa misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo komanso othawa kwawo; misonkhano ya anthu wamba, kuphatikizapo maukwati; magalimoto wamba, kuphatikizapo mabasi; malo okhala anthu wamba; zipatala; sukulu; mizikiti; misika, mafakitale ndi malo osungiramo chakudya; ndi zida zina zofunika za anthu wamba, monga bwalo la ndege ku Sana'a, doko la Hodeidah ndi mayendedwe apanyumba. ”
Ma cranes asanu ku Hodeidah omwe kale ankagwiritsidwa ntchito kutsitsa katundu pa sitima zobwera mumzinda wa doko adawonongedwa ndi ndege za Saudi. 70% yazakudya zaku Yemen zimabwera kudzera padoko.
Ndege zaku Saudi zagunda zipatala zosachepera zinayi zothandizidwa ndi Madokotala Opanda Malire.
Potengera zomwe zapezazi, timapepala tomwe tikuyenda kuchokera ku ma jets aku Saudi ku mzinda wa Hodeidah, wolimbikitsa anthu okhala ku Saudis "pothandizira Yemen yaufulu ndi yosangalala" zikuwoneka zodabwitsa.
Mabungwe a UN adandaula kuti athandize anthu. Komabe udindo womwe bungwe la UN Security Council lachita poyitanitsa zokambirana likuwoneka ngati lopanda pake. Pa Epulo 14, 2016, UN Security Council Resolution 2216 adalamula kuti "zipani zonse m'dziko lomwe lili pachiwopsezo, makamaka a Houthis, athetse ziwawa mwachangu komanso mosamalitsa ndikupewa kuchita zinthu zina zomwe zikuwopseza kusintha kwa ndale." Palibe pomwe Saudi Arabia idatchulidwa mu Resolution.
Polankhula pa Disembala 19, 2016, Sheila Carpico, Pulofesa wa Sayansi Yandale ku Yunivesite ya Richmond komanso katswiri wina waku Yemen wotchedwa UN Security Council adathandizira zokambirana kukhala nthabwala yankhanza.
Zokambiranazi zimachokera ku zigamulo za UN Security Council 2201 ndi 2216. Resolution 2216 ya 14 April 2015, ikuwoneka ngati Saudi Arabia ndi woweruza mopanda tsankho m'malo mokhala chipani cha mikangano yomwe ikukulirakulira, komanso ngati "ndondomeko yosinthira" ya GCC ikupereka "ndondomeko yamtendere, yophatikizapo, yadongosolo komanso yotsogozedwa ndi Yemeni ikukwaniritsa zofuna ndi zokhumba za anthu aku Yemeni, kuphatikizapo amayi. "
Ngakhale kuti patangotsala milungu itatu kuti alowerere motsogozedwa ndi Saudi, Wachiwiri kwa Mlembi Wamkulu wa Ufulu Wachibadwidwe wa UN adanena kuti ambiri mwa anthu 600 omwe adaphedwa kale anali anthu wamba omwe akuzunzidwa ndi Saudi ndi Coalition airstrikes, UNSC 2216 inapempha "zipani za Yemeni" kuti zithetse. kugwiritsa ntchito chiwawa. Sipanatchulepo za kulowererapo motsogozedwa ndi Saudi. Momwemonso panalibe kuyitana kwa kupuma kothandiza kapena kolowera.
Chigamulo cha UN Security Council chikuwoneka ngati chodabwitsa monga timapepala toperekedwa ndi ndege za Saudi.
