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Subject: Support Dingell-Ellison to End Civilian Deaths in Yemen Airstrikes
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Dear Miriam,
Urge Congress to support a diplomatic end to the Yemeni conflict.
Take
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On September 28, at least 131 civilians, including at least 80 women, were
killed at a wedding reception in Yemen in an airstrike by the Saudi-led
military coalition. The US is providing the coalition with intelligence,
surveillance, reconnaissance, and logistics information. With innocent
Yemeni civilians, including thousands of Yemeni-Americans, still caught in
the middle of this war, the coalition's airstrikes should be held to the
same standards for protecting civilians as any US military operation should
be.
According to Amnesty International, more than 2,100 civilians, including at
least 400 children, have been killed in the conflict, with the "vast
majority" of civilian deaths and injuries attributed to attacks by the
Saudi-led coalition. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced; 12.9
million are considered food insecure; more than 1.2 million children are
suffering from moderate acute malnutrition. Thousands are fleeing Yemen
every week; experts warn that tens of thousands of Yemenis could join the
waves of refugees seeking asylum in Europe if the conflict is not resolved
soon.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called for an "end to bombings" in
Yemen and has said there is no military solution to this conflict.
Diplomatic action, including sustained engagement with Iran, is the only way
to end the hostilities, reverse the humanitarian crisis on the ground, and
protect more innocent lives from reckless airstrikes.
Urge your Representative in Congress to sign the Dingell-Ellison letter [1]
to President Obama to urge greater efforts to protect civilians from
US-assisted airstrikes in Yemen and greater diplomatic efforts to end the
Yemen war by signing our petition.
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http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Dingell-Ellison-letter-end-Yemen-war
Thanks for all you do to help support diplomacy and end wars,
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Refrences:
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http://fcnl.org/issues/middle_east/support_letter_expressing_concerns_of_gro
wing_civilian_death_toll_in_yemen_airstrikes/
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