The American Statue of Liberty in the Yemeni Capital

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Written By: Malak Ali Almakhadi

Whenever you think of the statue of liberty, you are reminded that it is based in the American capital of the U.S. However, the world might not be aware that there are two additional statues of liberty and they are not present in America.

The other two are located in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, but they are not there to express the American freedom or show gratitude for the White House.

In fact, it is quite the opposite, Yemenis created a different kind of statue of liberty, one that would never be seen in the United States, one that represents oppression instead of democracy, death instead of life and restriction instead of freedom.

 The Yemeni people expressed in their own way their rage toward the U.S. participation against their country. When the Saudi-led war first initiated against the poorest Arab country, it was declared by the Saudi ambassador from Washington D.C. More than ten countries are united against the now dubbed “worst humanitarian catastrophe” on earth.

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The people of Yemen know well that Saudi Arabia is backed financially and logistically by the White House in its war on Yemen, therefore, any war crimes and humanitarian violations perpetrated by the coalition warplanes make the U.S. complicit as well.

Moreover, a U.S. senator once stressed that, “if the US and UK tell the Saudis to stop the war against Yemen, it will stop tomorrow.”

This indicates that the United States is not only assisting the Saudi-led military operation, but is actually leading it and taking advantage of it to boost up its economy and continue selling weapons, including international prohibited cluster bombs, to the Saudi regime that are worth billions.

Two statues of liberty, holding a sign stating “USA Kills Yemeni People” and possessing gouty mouths are currently in the Yemeni capital calling upon any tourists because maybe then the world might just give the crisis in Yemen a glance.