Reuters says that the Saudi-UAE led coalition has captured the airport in Hodeidah. But the reporting is sketchy. The coalition is said to be using air power to bomb Houthi positions surrounding the airport. The water supply system is failing. "U.N. officials estimate that in a worst-case scenario the fighting could cost up to 250,000 lives, especially if a cholera epidemic occurs in the widely impoverished region."
Rape Rooms Run by U.S. Allies
AP is reporting that the UAE has erected a network of detention sites in southern Yemen specializing in anal rape. The irony here is that "rape rooms" were a propaganda staple in toppling Libya's Gaddafi. Now it appears that Western allies -- the U.S. is aware of these detention centers -- are actually operating the rape rooms.
The End of the European Union is Nigh
Free transit of the Schengen Zone at least. Angela Merkel's coalition government partner, Bavaria's Christian Social Union, has given the chancellor ten days to get EU nations to sign off on an overhaul of how it handles asylum seekers. Her chances appear slim.
Macron Skewered
It is unusual to read such a pointed critique of zombie neoliberalism's golden child in the pages of The New York Times. But Alissa Rubin, capable of excellence, which she provides regularly, delivers.
Murray is Back
After an extended break Craig Murray is back in fighting trim. He manages to sum up our current Zeitgeist in "A Longer View":
Meantime the rich get richer at an unprecedented rate. The concentration of wealth is mirrored by a concentration of the ownership of housing. Media ownership concentration into an ever-tightening circle continues to exert social control, while the gatekeeper role of the big new media corporations of twitter, facebook, google and wikipedia is now being very openly abused to maintain the Establishment narrative.
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