29 Mar 2024
Monday 5 October 2015 - 16:49
Story Code : 183227

US deeply involved in Saudi war on Yemen: Analyst

The US government is deeply involved in Saudi Arabias war of aggression against Yemen, says anAmerican author and analyst.

It is beyond belief, the American government is deeply involved in the conflict; it provides intelligence, it provides weapons, it provides munitions, and it provides supplies, Michael Springmann told Press TV on Sunday.

They basically deny everything and if they are caught in a contradiction they do some weasel-wording and jump back and forth from the exact meaning of one word to the inexact meaning of another word, he added.

Basically violence has somehow got ingrained to the American governments psyche, he maintained.

The author of the Visas for al-Qaeda: CIA Handouts that Rocked the World made the comments when asked about Washingtons refusal to admit responsibility for backing Saudi Arabias military campaign against Yemen.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] Saudi forces take part in military exercises at the Saudi-led coalition military base in Yemen's southern city of Aden, September 28, 2015. (AFP Photo)[/caption]

In a statement Friday, White House spokesman Ned Price said that though shocked and saddened by the civilian casualties, the United States has no role in targeting decisions made by the coalition in Yemen.

In a bid to return fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, into power, the Saudis launched a deadly war against their southern neighbor in March without a United Nations mandate.

The death toll from the months-long aggression has now surpassed 4,600. The office of the UN human rights chief said last week that the Saudi-led coalition is responsible for the majority of the deaths.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also said that he is "deeply concerned" by the huge number of civilian casualties from the military campaign against Yemens Houthi Ansarullah movement that deposed Hadi in February.

Saudi Arabias relentless bombardment has worsened the humanitarian situation in the poverty-stricken Arab nation.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] Smoke billows from buildings targeted in Saudi airstrikes in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, September 29, 2015. (AFP photo)[/caption]

In their retaliatory attacks, Yemeni forces have been able to seize a number of Saudi military bases in border areas.

Tens of foreign soldiers, part of the Saudi-led coalition, have also been killed in the conflict.

By Press TV
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