Yemen Suffering 'Catastrophic' Food Crisis as US Escalates Its Drone War
“Yemeni families are at the brink and have exhausted their ways of coping with this crisis. A quarter of the population has fallen into debt trying to feed their families. Mothers are taking their children out of school to beg on the streets to get money to survive. Donors are focused on politics and security, but failure to respond adequately to the humanitarian needs now will put more lives at risk, further entrench poverty and could undermine political transition in the country,” said Lawrence.
As the people of Yemen search for safety as U.S. drones target "extremists," the country's humanitarian crisis has left millions hungry and nearly 100,000 displaced.
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Oxfam: Yemen on brink of hunger catastrophe aid agencies warn
Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis, seven aid agencies said today (23 May 2012) with 10 million people – 44 percent of the population – without enough food to eat. The aid agencies warned that malnutrition rates recorded by the UN in some parts of the country were alarming, with one in three children severely malnourished.
Ministers from the UK, Saudi Arabia and other countries are set to meet at the Friends of Yemen conference in Riyadh today. The agencies - CARE, International Medical Corps, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Mercy Corps, Oxfam and Save the Children – called on those attending the meeting to scale up efforts to tackle the crisis. The UN humanitarian appeal for the country is just 43 percent funded – a $262 million shortfall.http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/23-9
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We are causing this crisis--we are killing more people than the terrorists ever did. And our leader is a prize-winning peacenik 
I know that to stay on this board we are supposed to support the Dem candidate for Prez, but his droning policy is anti-human, anti-democratic. If Obama is the best the Dems have, then we might as well be Repukes.
