FOX NEWS
Demonstrators furious with President Bidenover the United States military’s bombing of Yemen gathered outside the White House to protest on Thursday.
Activists chanted “Let Yemen live” and “Hands off Yemen” while holding anti-war signs and waving Iranian flags, FOX 5 DC reported.
The rally was organized by the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, a left-wing anti-war movement founded three days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to oppose the U.S. War on Terror. A similar demonstration was held in Times Square in New York City.
The protests came in response to joint strikes by the U.S. and Britain targeting more than a dozen military locations that belong to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. President Biden said he had authorized the strikes “in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea—including the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history.”
“Demonstrators raised their voice against this act of aggression that is aimed at helping Israel continue its assault on Gaza,” the ANSWER Coalition said in a news release.
“The Pentagon war machine wants to punish Yemen for refusing to allow the waters off their coast to be used to sustain the genocide against Palestinians. It is a wanton violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and an extremely dangerous escalation. The Biden administration’s actions have raised the prospect of a devastating regional war…
