eChicago Ngomhla we-9 kuCanzibe, ngo-2017, ukusuka ngo-11:00 kusasa ukuya ku-1:00 emva kwemini, Voices for Creative Nonviolence kunye World Beyond War Abaphembeleli bayakubandakanya abadlulayo kwi-poll yepenny malunga noncedo loluntu kwimfazwe kunye nendlala yaseYemen. Ukusebenzisa isixhobo sokuvota, abantu banokuthi "bachithe" iipeni zomthi zomfuziselo ukunceda iYemenis ekuthinteleni indlala okanye balathise "iipeni" zabo ukuqhubeka nokuxhasa iikontraki zomkhosi ezithumela izixhobo eSaudi Arabia. I-Saudis, kwiminyaka emibini yokuhlaselwa kwe-airstrikes kunye neebhloko, iye yanda ingxabano eYemen kwaye yanda kufuphi neemeko zendlala.
Uhlaselwe yimfazwe, uvalwe lulwandle, kwaye ujolise rhoqo kwii-airstrikes zase-Saudi nase-US, i-Yemen ngoku isecicini lendlala.
IYemen ngoku idlakazwe lungquzulwano olukhohlakeleyo, nokungabikho kokusesikweni kunye nenkohlakalo macala onke. Bangaphezu kwe-10,000 abantu abaye babulawa, kubandakanywa 1,564 abantwana, yaye izigidi ziye zagxothwa kumakhaya azo. UNICEF uqikelelo ukuba ngaphezu kwe-460,000 yabantwana e-Yemen bajongene nokungondleki kakhulu, ngelixa i-3.3 yezigidi zabantwana kunye nabasetyhini abakhulelweyo okanye abancancisayo banengxaki yokungondleki. Umbutho oxhaswa yi-US okhokelwa yi-Saudi ikwanyanzelisa ukuvalwa kolwandle kwiindawo eziphethwe ngabavukeli. I-Yemen ingenisa ngaphandle i-90% yokutya kwayo; ngenxa yothintelo, amaxabiso okutya nawepetroli ayenyuka kwaye ukunqongophala kukwinqanaba lobunzima. Ngelixa abantwana baseYemeni belambile, abenzi bezixhobo base-US, kubandakanya iGeneral Dynamics, uRaytheon, kunye noLockheed Martin, bafumana inzuzo ngokuthengisa izixhobo eSaudi Arabia.
Ngeli xesha linzima, abantu base-US kufuneka babize abameli babo abanyuliweyo ukuba bakhuthaze ukuphela kokuvalwa kunye nokuhlaselwa kweenqwelomoya, ukuthuliswa kwayo yonke imipu, kunye nokuthethathethana ngokuxoxisana kwimfazwe yaseYemen.
NgeCongress kwikhefu, eli lixesha elifanelekileyo lokubiza abameli abakhethiweyo kwaye ubakhuthaze ukuba bajoyine oogxa babo kwiileta eziya:
- Unobhala welizwe uTillerson ucela ukuba iSebe likarhulumente lisebenze ngokungxamisekileyo kunye nabachaphazelekayo ukuba bacenge amajoni ukuba avumele amaqela oluntu anyuswe ukufikelela ekunikezeni uncedo olufuneka kakhulu kuluntu olusesichengeni.
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- ukuya kwiNkosana uMohammed bin Khalid, uMphathiswa wezoKhuselo waseSaudi Arabia, ebongoza ukuba izibuko laseYemeni laseHodeida likhuselwe ekuhlaselweni komkhosi.
