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| Yemenis protest U.S.drones, meddling |
Re-reporting, editing, brief comment by
Carolyn Bennett
Yemen across the Gulf of Aden from Africa’s horn (Djibouti)
Breaching national
sovereignty, murdering civilians
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| U.S. drone launch |
Yemenis tell Press TV today that the United States’ “deadly
drones have hit everywhere in Yemen” and that all Yemenis are united in fact that
this aggression violates their “basic rights.”
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sking the rhetorical question: “who would accept foreign
intervention in his own land,” the Yemeni tells Press TV that the people of
Yemen “strongly reject U.S. intervention” in their land.
We
regard the use of U.S. assassination drones as an intervention, which has
killed innocent people.
This
is a violation of our independence and beliefs.
The
continued use of these drones will only fuel more anger.
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| Somalis attacked by U.S. drones |
News stories have regularly reported that the U.S. government
─ claiming to be targeting “terrorists” ─ has been sending assassination drones
against several countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia;
and that these attacks have caused the deaths of large numbers of civilians.
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| Pakistanis protest U.S. drones |
However, in flagrant disregard of the United Nations’ sharp
criticism of the U.S. terror drone attacks, its targeted killings, on ground of
international law ─ and despite the slaughter of civilians, human displacement
and interminable trauma, despite sovereign and domestic protests ─ the United
States has persisted in this aggression and its Central Intelligence Agency is
reportedly planning expansion of its covert drone attacks in Yemen.
Deepening U.S. aggression farther north: Syria
Reports today from Syria reveal the Obama Government’s Secretary
State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the name of the United States, “has launched
an aggressive campaign to re-establish a new Syrian opposition force.” The Secretary
of Aggression has reportedly rejected “existing opposition leaders as ‘a bunch
of out-of-touch exiles’ that should be replaced by a group representing active
insurgents.”
During yesterday’s official visit to Croatia, the secretary
is reported saying ─
‘We’ve made it clear that the SNC
(Syrian National Council) can no longer be viewed as the visible leader of the
opposition…. That opposition must include people from inside Syria and others
who have a legitimate voice that needs to be heard.’
The secretary’s belligerent and crassly undiplomatic declaration
makes clear the United States' breach of Syria’s sovereignty, “fueling the
anti-Syria insurgency aimed at removing the pro-resistance government of
President Bashar Al-Assad.”
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t would be fair to say that this man’s government is loose
on the world, and is undermining both U.S. domestic and international law.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ANOTHER NATION INVADED YOUR COUNTRY?
Opposition from within UNSC
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| UN Security Council |
At least one nation within the five-permanent member UN
Security Council has consistently opposed the United States’ violent descent to
Cold War aggression.
Speaking to the press after a Wednesday meeting in Paris with
France’s foreign minister, Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
said what makes sense to any sane person:
Assad’s
fate should be decided by the Syrian people.
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| Africa crossing Gulf of Aden, Red Sea Syria Middle East |
Reported at Press TV, Lavrov sad, “If the position of our
partners remains the departure of this leader whom they do not like, the
bloodbath will continue …
“It is like daydreaming to speculate: to the effect that if
the [Syrian] government is overthrown everything will fall into place.”
If this is somebody’s priority, he said, the “bloodshed will
continue.”
Urging western states and Turkey to negotiate with the
Syrian president, Foreign Minister Lavrov reiterated the fact that there is no
military solution to the problem in and around Syria and encouraged pursuing a
political solution to the Syrian conflict.
Cold War moves, counter moves
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| Loose on the world Africa to Russian Federation |
‘[w]here
they train foreign militaries, gather intelligence and dole out humanitarian
aid across East Africa as part of a campaign to prevent extremists from taking
root.’
Lemonnier is said to have “emerged as a hub for conventional
aircraft” that last year deployed “a squadron of F-15E Strike Eagle fighter
jets” ─ planes that “fly faster and carry more munitions than Predators.”
Russia again answers provocation.
Press TV reports, “Russia may deploy two reconnaissance
aircraft to a French base in Djibouti where the United
States is reportedly leading its secret drone war in the region.”
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| Soviet Cold War Ilyushin Il-38 |
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esterday, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said
his country has asked France to host two reconnaissance planes (Ilyushin Il-38),
joining French planes at France’s air base in Djibouti (Horn of Africa across
the Gulf of Aden from South Central Asia). The Russian plane, Ilyushin Il-38, can
fly at a maximum speed of 650 km/h with service ceiling of 10,000 meters.
Wikipedia note: The Il-38, first flown in 1967,
is an adaption of the four-engine turboprop Ilyushin Il-18 for use as a
maritime patrol aircraft for the Soviet Navy and meets a requirement to counter
American ballistic missile submarines. On
December 7, 2010, two Russian Navy Il-38s appeared over the Japan Sea near the
Noto peninsula, interrupting a combined U.S.-Japan Navy drill. The exercises
were canceled because of concern that Il-38s might be carrying out surveillance
missions on U.S./Japan naval activities.
Russia says the intended deployment of this plane is for anti-piracy
purposes. The United States, among other countries, Press TV reports, conducts “anti-piracy
operations in Djibouti, a close front against piracy in the region based in
neighboring Somalia.”
Sources and notes
“Angry Yemeni civilians call on US to stop drone attacks,” November
1, 2012,
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11/01/269919/us-drone-strikes-anger-yemeni-civilians/
“U.S. plans to establish new Syrian opposition force in
Qatar meeting,” November 1, 2012,
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11/01/269906/us-plans-new-syrian-opposition-force/
“West call for Assad departure daydreaming: Russia,” October
31, 2012, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/10/31/269799/call-for-assad-ouster-daydreaming-russia/
Photo caption:
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (L) attends a news
conference with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius at the French foreign
ministry, Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012.
“Russia may deploy reconnaissance aircraft to French base in
Djibouti,” October 31, 2012
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/10/31/269809/russia-may-send-aircraft-to-djibouti-base/
Ilyushin Il-38
The Ilyushin Il-38 (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime
patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet
Union. The Il-38 was operated by units
in the Soviet Northern, Pacific and Baltic fleets.
Role: anti-submarine warfare and Maritime patrol aircraft
Design group: Ilyushin
First flight: 1967
Primary users: Soviet Naval Aviation; Russian Naval Aviation; Indian Navy
Number built: 58
Developed from: Ilyushin Il-18
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-38
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