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needs to pass a War Powers Resolution and end U.S. support for the war in
Yemen</SPAN></P>
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<P>As salaamu alaykum —</P>
<P><STRONG>Nearly 8 years of virtually-constant bombing. Hundreds of thousands
of Yemeni civilians killed. Two million children suffering from acute
malnutrition.</STRONG>¹</P>
<P><STRONG>That’s the reality of U.S. participation in the brutal Saudi-led war
in Yemen.</STRONG></P>
<P>When it’s paired with a blockade preventing food, fuel and medical supplies
from reaching the Yemeni people, it adds up to what the UN has called the worst
humanitarian crisis in the world.</P>
<P>Joe Biden promised to end U.S. support for the disastrous war in Yemen. But
more than a year in, the administration is still dragging its feet to keep that
promise.<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">²</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>But we don’t have to wait for Joe Biden to keep his campaign promise
to end it — Congress can pass a Yemen War Powers Resolution to end unauthorized
U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen.</STRONG></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63272?t=1&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4"><STRONG>Help
us pressure Democrats in Congress to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led
coalition’s war and blockade in Yemen, save lives, and pull millions of people
back from the brink of starvation.</STRONG> </A></P>
<P>A War Powers Resolution has just been introduced in Congress by Reps. Pramila
Jayapal (WA-07), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Nancy Mace (SC-01), and Adam Schiff
(CA-28) along with 85 cosponsors and we need to put pressure on lawmakers to
support its passage.<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">³</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>UN estimates say that the war has killed 377,000 people as of the end
of last year, whether directly through bombing or indirectly through hunger and
disease. Seventy percent of those deaths are children, with a Yemeni child
reportedly dying every 75 seconds.</STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">⁴</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>The U.S. could stop supporting this nightmare any time.</STRONG></P>
<P>That’s why we’ve been working for nearly five years with other partners on
efforts to end U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen — and in 2019,
played a part in one of the most successful War Powers Congressional votes.<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">⁵</SPAN></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63272?t=2&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4"><STRONG>Sign
our letter to Congress, with our allies at Daily Kos, Demand Progress and others
working alongside us, here.</STRONG></A></P>
<P>Biden might not have kept his promise on Yemen, but he’s not kept it quietly
— and Congressional action might put the administration in a position where
Biden either has to keep his promise or pay a heavy political price.</P>
<P>This is winnable. A Congressional War Powers Resolution on Yemen, once it
passes, will do so in a very different political context than similar efforts
that were led under Trump.</P>
<P>Now it’s up to us to take action and fight for the children of Yemen and call
for an end to the unauthorized U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in
Yemen.</P>
<P>Thank you for all you do.</P>
<P>In solidarity,<BR>Yasmine Taeb</P>
<P>Legislative and Political Director<BR>MPower Change Action Fund</P>
<P>Sources:</P>
<P>1. "<A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63273?t=3&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4">Yemen
Faces 'Unimaginable Suffering' as U.S.-Backed Saudi War Enters Eighth Year</A>,"
<EM>Common Dreams</EM>, March 24, 2022.</P>
<P>2. "<A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63274?t=4&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4">Biden’s
about-turn on Saudi war in Yemen</A>," <EM>Financial Times</EM>, June 27,
2022.</P>
<P>3. "<A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63275?t=5&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4">Congress
Launches a New Bipartisan Effort to End the War in Yemen</A>," <EM>The
Intercept</EM>, June 1, 2022.</P>
<P>4. "<A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63276?t=6&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4">Gas
Price Politics and Genocide Collide in Yemen</A>," <EM>The Intercept</EM>,
February 11, 2022.</P>
<P>5. "<A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/63277?t=7&akid=9468%2E582827%2EyMNEA4">Congress
passes historic resolution to end U.S. support for Saudi-led war in Yemen</A>,"
<EM>Vox</EM>, April 4, 2019.</P><IMG alt=""
src="https://act.mpowerchange.org/o.gif?akid=9468.582827.yMNEA4">
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lobbying arm of MPower Change, a grassroots movement of diverse Muslim
communities working together to build social, spiritual, racial, and economic
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=info@mpowerchange.org href="mailto:info@mpowerchange.org">Yasmine Taeb,
MPower Action</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 29, 2022 8:47 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> We can stop this now, Vladimir </DIV></DIV>
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