Iran Press/America: After senate vote, the White House released a statement suggesting that the US president Donald Trump will veto this resolution.
The Saudi-led coalition started a brutal war on Yemeni people from March 2015. Now bloodshed of Yemeni civilians has been continued for more than 3.5 years.
Western countries, in particular the US and some European countries like UK and France have an important role for Saudi led coalition war on Yemen by providing a variety of logistical, intelligence and martial support.
For example from the beginning of war, US military planes with refueling and intelligence operations have been very supportive for Saudi-led coalition fighter jets.
US who claims to advocate human rights in the world, in Yemen are indifferent and just watching the Saudi criminal actions, bombing and killing Yemeni women and children.
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War in Yemen has led to a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country. The UN has already said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in dire need of food, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger. According to the world body, Yemen is suffering from the most severe famine in more than 100 years.
But the savage killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi once again put the Saudi human rights violations record and killing of Yemeni civilians forward the world eyes. Many countries and Germany at the frontline urged stopping arms sale to Saudi Arabia, But US as biggest arms provider for Saudis refuse to do so.
In this circumstance, US congress considers serious discussion on stopping US support to Saudi Arabia.
US Senate
US Senate opposition and similar atmosphere in the House of representative show that Congress is defying US administration and mounting pressure on the US President Donald Trump for supporting Saudi Arabia's aggression on besieged impoverished country of Yemen when Riyadh and also US are engaged in the Saudi dissident journalist savage killing and its international scandal and condemnation.
Co-sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy, the bill would oblige Trump to stop support for the Saudi Arabia according to War Powers Resolution approved in 1973 (WPR).
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Although the White House had urged a "no" vote to US Senate bipartisan bid to end the country’s support for the war on Yemen, American senators voted 63-37 to ending Washington’s support for the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen on Wednesday (28 Nov, 2018).
Today the Saudi killings in Yemen continue in the shadow of US approval. The situation in Yemen is extremely dire, the war has killed tens of thousands of innocent people, and US involvement in supporting Saudi Arabia in the Yemeni war has worsened the situation.
In fact, without the support of US in the field of providing arms and weapons to Saudis and the Emiratis, the Saudi led coalition were not basically in a position to continue this brutal war since 2015.
Thus, the US Senate now seeks to stop or at least reduce this country support in the war on Yemen, however, this is not the case at all by the US President Donald Trump administration.
The White House released a statement, warning that such a measure "would harm bilateral relationships in the region and negatively impact the ability of the United States to prevent the spread of violent extremist organizations." White House statement further suggested that the president might veto such resolution.
This warning and in fact the threat posed by the White House reflects the real position of the United States in the full support of the Saudis in the war on Yemen.
However, due to the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jamal Khashoggi's murder, now pressure has grown up to change the Washington's approach to Saudi Arabia.
But Trump administration officials like Secretary of Defense James Mathis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not only deny the role of Mohammed bin Salman Saudi crown prince in killing Jamal Khashoggi, but also they are explicitly referring to Saudi Arabia's role in the US regional policy and also the economic importance of the arms deal with Saudi regime for the United States and calls on Congress to be reluctant to pursue the issue of of Saudi dissident journalist killing.
Mohammed bin Salman
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US official's recent reaction to senate bill shows the reasons behind Washington blind eye to Khashoggi's scandal and its international condemnation which engaged the US.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said there's "no smoking gun" connecting the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the Saudi crown prince.
Mattis told reporters that he went over intelligence reports and read translations of tapes twice, and that none of it directly ties the killing to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 205/103
Author: Seyyed Reza Mirtaher
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