“Between a #Drone and Al-Qaeda”
The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen
▻http://www.hrw.org/print/reports/2013/10/22/between-drone-and-al-qaeda
... social and economic issues are only part of the equation
if they ignore the political grievances and government repression that also
fuel support for militancy. The United States and other concerned governments should press the Yemeni government to adopt measures to end human rights violations by all government and allied forces and hold perpetrators to account.
In 2012, the US government for the first time provided more development assistance than overt security assistance to Yemen—$198 million US for economic and humanitarian aid compared to $158 million for counterterrorism and other security assistance.
At the same time, the United States continued to support a blanket amnesty for former president Saleh and all his aides for any political crimes they may have committed during Saleh’s 33-year presidency—part of a deal to usher
Saleh out of power, while continuing targeted killings in Yemen. In mid-2013,
the United States also predicted that the war on terrorism would continue for
years.