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Yemen could be the Arab hub of the Maritime Silk Road

November 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, Yemen

By Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, November 21, 2021 First, coercing it into ‘structural reform.’ When that didn’t work, they instrumentalized takfiri mercenaries. They infiltrated and manipulated the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS. They used US drones and occasional marines. And then, in 2015, they went Total Warfare: a UN-backed rogue coalition started bombing and[…]

Yemen Update from an International Peace Project in Berlin

July 3, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Yemen

by Mathias Tretschog, from Krieg im Yemen (War in Yemen), An international peace project from Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) This is an interesting experiment. The original is in German, but the Google translation is pretty good. Its a great overview of whats up with the war in Yemen with ongoing coverage. Seems like we are always in the dark here in the[…]

Don’t Allow Another U.S.-NATO Libya in the Horn of Africa

June 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Political Analysis, Statement

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, June 24, 2021 Paternalistic U.S. government political posturing toward Africa has a history of turning into fatal consequences for the masses of African peoples. A decade ago, several of the same individuals who now hold positions in the Biden administration were accomplices in the U.S.-led NATO decimation of Libya, which was rationalized under the[…]