UN threatens to suspend aid to Yemen

[Peter1469]

UN threatens to suspend aid to Yemen

The rebels seem to be stealing the aid meant for the people. Not a good development for the noncombatants.

The United Nations is threatening to suspend aid that helps thousands of destitute Yemenis following a CNN investigation that exposed the theft or "diversion" of food aid by Houthi rebels.


David Beasley, head of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), told CNN's Becky Anderson that up to $15 million worth of food a month was not making it to the desperate people for whom it was intended.


Children are dying as a result, he said, and his organization had to "hold strong" to try to get a breakthrough.

Read more at the link.

[PJL]

UN threatens to suspend aid to Yemen The rebels seem to be stealing the aid meant for the people. Not a good development for the noncombatants. Read more at the link.

I find it somewhat amusing that the US is sending aid to a country while helping to destroy it. The US Army has become only for show these days - no need for boots on the ground - perhaps they've gone soft while their perceived enemies get hardened ?

[Peter1469]

I find it somewhat amusing that the US is sending aid to a country while helping to destroy it. The US Army has become only for show these days - no need for boots on the ground - perhaps they've gone soft while their perceived enemies get hardened ?

I find it amusing that you do not know what you are talking about.

First, the article is about the UN, not the US.

Second, the US Army is not soft.

Two sentences; both of them stupid.

[Ransom]

I find it somewhat amusing that the US is sending aid to a country while helping to destroy it. The US Army has become only for show these days - no need for boots on the ground - perhaps they've gone soft while their perceived enemies get hardened ?

The UN isn't the US, wake the fck up.

Wow. Are all Australians this stupid?